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.
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