College, University Students Look Back To Move Ahead

Laura Duscher and Brittany Stanoch say they are Minnesota’s future, so they suggest looking back to 1999. A contradiction? Not for state college and university students. They want 1999 to be in Minnesotans’ sights since they say that is the last time the state gave higher education institutions a decent funding increase. “We care about affordable education,” Duscher said during a state Capitol rally attended by several hundred students from across the state. Stanoch, like Duscher a Bemidji State University nursing student, said the $30,000 debt she expects to build up by graduation is just too much.