Students state-wide stage walk out Feb. 4

From 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, the Washington State University Vancouver campus held a student walkout to protest the 14% tuition rise.


"If you can pick any social problem to fix, it should be education," said Evan Marienthal, junior WSUV business administration major from Onalaska. "And if these tuition hikes keep progressing the way they have been, then higher education will effectively overprice itself for the market it is in. There will be this huge social dilemma."

About 500 students were expected to participate in the WSUV protest alone, about half of the students on campus at that time.

"It is really hard to gauge the social culture at my school because it is a commuter school," he said. "There hasn't been a lot to unite the students around."

Instead of attending class, students held an organized rally.

"Instead of going to class, I am going to attend the rally. There will be a couple guest speakers," said Marienthal. "We haven't shared an interest in any political venture thus far. It will be a cool thing to experience."