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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 11 april 2017

NY makes tuition free, but students must stay after college

ANNA GRONEWOLD cation and then you pick
DAVID KLEPPER up and you move to Cali-
Associated Press fornia?” Cuomo said dur-
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — ing a call with state edito-
There’s a big string at- rial writers. “The concept of
tached to New York’s free investing in you and your
middle-class college tuition education is that you’re
initiative: Students must going to stay here and be
stay in the state after grad- an asset to the state. If you
uation or else pay back the don’t want to stay here,
benefit. Democratic Gov. then go to California now,
Andrew Cuomo said Mon- let them pay for your col-
day that the requirement lege education.”
was added to protect the Students at University at
state’s investment in a stu- Albany, part of the state
dent’s education by en- university system, aren’t so
suring they don’t take ad- sure.
vantage of free tuition and “I don’t know how much I
then leave New York. like feeling confined, even
The tuition initiative, which to staying in the state for
Cuomo said is a national four more years,” said Bob-
model, covers state col- by Rickard, an 18-year-old Brooklyn College students walk between classes on campus in New York. The New York state
lege or university tuition freshman from Brewster Legislature approved a budget on April 9, 2017, that includes funding for Democratic Gov. Andrew
for in-state students from who has not yet decided Cuomo’s plan to offer free tuition for middle class students at state universities.
families earning $125,000 or his major. “I don’t know (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
less. Students must remain what life will have for me.”
in New York for as many Cumorah Reed, a 19-year- be able to apply for those wouldn’t leave the state and could deliver a nasty
years as they received the old English major, said positions immediately after for anything,” Mendez said. shock to students who fail
benefit. They must repay certain technology jobs graduation. Sara Goldrick-Rab, a pro- to read the fine print, or
the money as a loan if they are concentrated on the “I think it’s going to be fessor of higher education who take the money be-
take a job in another state. West Coast and many of harder than people think,” at Temple University, said lieving they will stay in New
“Why should New Yorkers her classmates will be sur- Reed said. the requirement undercuts York, only to find better job
pay for your college edu- prised to learn they will not “I’m a New Yorker. I the promise of free tuition opportunities elsewhere.q

Sushi stress: Fishermen not catching many baby eels

PATRICK WHITTLE chain. They’re sold to Asian country, and fishermen are Portland area this year was state records say.
Associated Press aquaculture companies — limited to a quota of a lit- 28.8 degrees. The normal Elvers are a major fishery
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — sometimes for more than tle less than 10,000 pounds average is 33.5 degrees. in Maine, and fishermen’s
The chilly rivers of Maine are $2,000 per pound — that (4,500 kilograms) per year. Fishermen said they are ability to reach quota fluc-
causing trouble in the world raise them to maturity and The season started March confident the season will tuates year to year. They
of sushi. The state’s brief, use them as food. 22, and state records say pick up, as some warm reached quota in 2014, fell
annual season for baby “Everything is slow,” said fishermen have only caught weather is forecast for far short in 2015, and just
eels is off to a slow start be- state Rep. Henry Bear, who about 1,050 pounds (475 ki- Monday and the rest of the about reached it last year.
cause of a cold spring that represents members of the lograms), so far. They have week in southern Maine. Early spring weather, which
has prevented the fish from Houlton Band of Maliseet until June 7 to try to catch Fishermen catch the elvers can be hard to predict in
running in rivers. Indians who fish for elvers. the entire allotment, which in rivers and streams with Maine, has emerged as a
The baby eels, called elvers, “But we’re hopeful.” means they are well behind nets, and sell them to deal- deciding factor in wheth-
are an important piece of Maine has the only signifi- pace. The average tem- ers. So far, they’re selling for er fishermen will reach
the worldwide sushi supply cant fishery for elvers in the perature for March in the $1,487 per pound at docks, quota.q