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Next Year's Tuition Up 3.75%

Next year’s students can expect a 3.75% increase in tuition, and an overall increase in total cost of up to 4.2%, depending on the room and board arrangment. Although every increase is difficult, next year’s increase is smaller than increases in recent years, and a far cry from the 32% increases recently proposed in California. Full story

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Technology Services Eliminates Student Laptop Program

Houghton’s Technology Services has been kept busy during the past year. Specifically, Houghton’s laptop program has been put to an end, so freshmen students will no longer be provided a laptop for their four-year stay at Houghton. Also, in the past several months, Technology Services has orchestrated the transition of Houghton’s e-mail server from Windows to G-mail. Houghton has provided laptops for its students since the 1990s. Full story

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Newspaper

Final Reflection: The Role of a Student Newspaper at Houghton College

Three years on the staff of The Houghton Star has taught me that there is sometimes a disconnect between what the readers of the newspaper expect and what its staff is actually trying to accomplish. This editorial seeks to narrow that gap and offer some insight into the goals, function, and limits of a student newspaper at Houghton College. Full story

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