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Fourth-generation ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ alum Alan Cass grew up on campus playing in the ditches and fishing for crawdads in Varsity Lake with strung bacon.

The Fall 2011 column from President Bruce D. Benson.

<p>With severe state budget cuts looming, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ President Bruce Benson and other frustrated higher education leaders are asking lawmakers for the flexibility to raise tuition as they feel necessary.</p>

<p>In November ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ voters elected two first-generation Americans — also among the youngest ever elected — to serve on the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Board of Regents, making it the most diverse board ever. </p>