Junior Andrew Pazdon, a Hatchet columnist, explains why this year’s increase in tuition is business as usual.

Without fail, the time of year when budgets across the world are unveiled is once again upon us. This year, the GW community is greeted with an unsurprising tuition increase of 3 percent for the forthcoming 2010-2011 academic year. For the most part, this event of increased tuition is uneventful and has likely been planned for some time. No doubt there will be the inexorable groans from this modest announcement.