Students parodying Rector as "Sun King".

Discord instead of harmony: at the University of Hohenheim is determined by the Rector, the fees of the student-euro hole in the budget to dumping. The Asta veräppelte him about as absolutist rulers and left millions of rain. This is the reality at German universities.

 

It should have stunk mightily at the court of self-Sun King Louis XIV - because the Highness of the 17th Century, with the personal care were not as accurate and instead of expensive scented water sprinkled, so that the stale air in the noble halls and walls remained somewhat bearable.

But money does not smell. And in the Rectorate of the University of Hohenheim may be due to the physical health of the managerial staff anyway no doubt. But it is believed the Asta develops University Rector Hans-Peter Liebig currently more and more towards an absolutist ruler of the French king's Digest, which is why their student representatives Rector summarily umtauften - in Hans-Peter, the Fourteenth.

Absolutism la Uni Hohenheim

Louis XIV had just over 350 years many, many francs from court for his money, which he previously had pressed the Huguenots. Thus, he held royal court, especially renovated and heated it around Paris several magnificent castles - during the Plebs in drafty huts darbte. In the role of the disenfranchised, the Asta now the students of the University of Hohenheim in Stuttgart than paying infantry without a hint of codetermination rights.

Fully referenced pride and university students in the past in unison on their good cooperation when it came, the revenue from tuition fees to be distributed. Never against the will of the student body, he wanted to determine what happens with their money, had promised Liebigstrasse Rector. Precise: About 10 percent of student representatives should be fully decide about 10 percent of the Rector - and over 80 percent both in the consensus.

Universität Hohenheim
Schloss Hohenheim University: perfect backdrop for a mask match

It was a voluntary commitment, a "gentleman's agreement", as it calls itself Liebigstrasse. But as the land of the university at the end of 2008 highlighted the Heizkostenzuschuss and other budget holes gapes, knew that the rector is no longer to help. The deficit amounted to 3.2 million. Half of them, the students up, ie 1.6 million euros. And if the tuition fees are already there - so why not heat the castle, the university has in parts?

This plan came into the eyes of a charging opponent taboo equal, because only for the teaching, so the mantra of the policy, the fees should be used. That does not happen, says the critic. Your constant warning: Is the money of the students only once in the coffers, it is only the beginning of the lesson. Sooner or later, but it disappeared in the budget of the universities. And everything remains as bad as it was - just a lot more expensive than before.

Participation? Only if you are my plans mittragt

To emphasize started Jan-Georg Plavec, Asta Vice-Chairman, on Tuesday a satirical protest action. He climbed in the Louis XIV-outfit including wig, baggy outfit and a Hans-Peter Liebig mask at an open window at the University of Hohenheim. Then he did what kings can only: With both hands, threw Plavec 1.2 million euros to the amazed audience down. Play money, but the message was crucial. "Hohenheim Liebigstrasse sees as his kingdom, which he with absolute power to govern believes", seconded Asta boss Stefan Haffke his colleagues in the royal robe.

TUITION FEES

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The simmering dispute over tuition fees touches on fundamental issues - in this as in other universities: What can the money be spent of the students, what are not? Some of
new university buildings, for
Heating, for professors, even for refurbished
Toilets? Hohenheim students sheets for two years $ 500 per semester, plus 112 euros once semester and administrative charges. Have it as a legal cashier say, what with its five million per semester is happening?

Most university students have lines all if a little voice. But may decide the academic infantry at the end little or nothing. Hohenheim Rector contributed initially to cuddle course - until the dispute over the use of the fees came Euros. Decisions? Only if you my plan to rescue financial mittragt, it was then in January, when the students on their Heizpläne Rector echauffierten.

Last week Liebigstrasse then sent a letter to the student representatives and announced the deal on the consensual way have shown themselves to be "unsustainable" and will therefore be proved "by me not pursued." University spokesman Florian Klebs pushed after the problem was the "basic block" of the Asta. There were two camps of "pragmatic and principle-oriented students" - the latter would thwart the consensus.

Only "Thy will be done"
, Then embarrassing own goal

The Asta provides its position by a primary in late January strengthened. When the vote made by Asta, 92 percent of the information about 1100 students against the present plan of the rector Liebig, tuition fees in the budget of the university dumping. "Our money should not be a household plug holes," said Asta chairman Haffke then as now.

1.5 million euros, following a decision by the University Council in the three faculties of the university, a dwarf among the universities of Baden-Wuerttemberg, can be saved. After the word power of the rector, the rest is now probably come from fees.

University and students at the 6000-Uni-souls are otherwise very clever is nice to imagine actions. In the summer of 2008 took advantage of university students and even worked together on a small dispute over the
Renovation of the Edel-restaurants "Speisemeisterei" that the building housed the university is putting pressure on the government to exercise.

In December, the university presented itself as a charitable Christmas command and sent to the
Action "Thy will be done" girls in angel costumes on campus to promote the use of tuition proposals for the students to collect - even if only for a fraction of the total amount received. In January, the university student protests admit the bulk of the charges for heating verfeuern want to.

Fun is always - but especially, it shows an example where the journey to the campus in the toll fees countries, the universities financially if the shoe pinches. If the state does not strike at or in the crisis this and that, draw rectors and presidents but also in the alleged pot for Teaching - lip service on purpose or student involvement or not.