The students have openly admitted that it's beer and party money.
— Then state Sen.
Beverly Perdue, on a proposed $200 surcharge to tuition at
UNC-Chapel Hill and
N.C. State University in 1993. The surcharge, which would have paid for improved libraries, student aid and higher faculty salaries, failed. Quoted in a May 7, 1993, article by the Associated Press and in an ad attacking Perdue by rival
Richard Moore.