Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Money + MU = bad

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, Jason McIntosh wrote:

> > Some law students dredged up an 1872 law which says "youths" of the
> > state may attend without paying tuition and filed a class action
> > lawsuit.  The University contends that it charged incidental fees, not
> > tuition, but apparently the judge wasn't impressed with that argument.
>
> I'll also make the contention that being lawyers, they aren't human and
> don't fall under the category of youths, but of rodentia.
> Jason

Fair enough, but note that the University *can* charge law (and
other professional schools) students tuition by that same law.  Just 
not everybody.  Which is another reason why they lost the case.  
Arguing that "gosh, only the professional students really pay 
tuition; everybody else just pays fees" sounds pretty lame.

While I feel that the administration's legal counsel bears some 
responsibility, it's probably the case that lots of places could 
(and are) burned by somebody conjuring up 100-year-old laws that 
nobody has cared about in 50 years.

jking


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