I am an Oakland University student. Classes are supposed to start tomorrow. Many will not meet. Why? Because since May 19, OU and the OU Chapter of the AAUP [[American Association of University Professors) have been at the table squabbling about the contract. It is mostly about cutting health care [[we probably wouldn't be here if we have universal health care) and I believe salary freezes, but also about cutting faculty research. I, like many OU students, are annoyed and mad. In my opinion, the OU admin has never cared about the student ever. A 9% tuition increase has been added, while the OU President, Gary Russi has given himself a pay raise, when he has said OU's finances are in dire conditions.

Let it be known: OU has never cared about the student! If they did, Russi wouldn't be given a pay raise, professors would be willing to teach, and the tuition increase would not be the highest in the state.