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<p class=MsoNormal>I think that, if the UI wants to change tuition like the
other state schools, they probably have a moral and ethical obligation to follow
the same state laws as the other schools with regard to hiring preference,
anti-discrimination, etc. But legally, I don’t think they have to do
anything that is not in the amendment that we are voting on in November. If
that amendment only addresses the ability of the UI to charge tuition, and the
amendment passes, then the UI will be able to charge tuition but will in other
respects operate under the special rules that apply to it now.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>On the other hand, I’m not a lawyer, have absolutely
no wish to subject myself to that special form of sadism (or is it masochism?) known
as Law School and thus may be totally wrong. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>On the third hand, I am a veteran (SSGT, USAF, 69-73), a graduate
of the UI (’75, ’98) and thought that I received some points for
being a vet when I applied for work there in 1974. So at least at the time, I
thought the UI was showing vets some preference in hiring. That was, however, a
while ago, and the UI personnel office may have changed its tune in the
interim. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Which is all to say that I am squarely in the middle in the
great “tuition vs hiring preferences” debate of Ought Ten.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>John Pool<o:p></o:p></p>
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