UP: UW Regents. The board approves a 2.5% tuition hike for 2007-08, the smallest in 25 years. Student protesters at last week's meeting sought a tuition freeze, which the board deemed unfeasible. But the regents do heed calls from the governor and others for a lower-than-usual hike, subject to state legislative approval.
DOWN: Joseph Freed and Associates. The company eying a $175 million redevelopment of Hilldale Mall meets with a standing-room-only crowd of disgruntled neighborhood residents. Some fear that increased traffic to the mixed-use commercial and residential complex will obstruct pedestrian and bicycle access. Others say there's too little greenspace and too many condos. A spokesman for Freed and Associates vows that the company will take these criticisms into consideration.
