2008 Woodie Awards
Campus community unifies to oppose CSU budget cut
Alex Hand
Issue date: 3/4/08 Section: News
The latest proposed cut of $386 million to the California State University budget has CSU students, faculty, and staff across California in an uproar.
Approved by the CSU Board of Trustees for the 2008/2009 fiscal year, the cuts would force universities to turn away more than 10,000 students statewide. The lack of funding would also force the system to once more increase student fees, lay off teachers, eliminate classes, and do away with many programs.
The entire CSU community has come together to fight for a common goal against the proposed budget cuts. Each of the 23 CSU campuses has launched a unified campaign that will begin in on March 3 at CSU Dominguez Hills.
The following week, Mon. March 10, the second forum will take place at CSU San Marcos. CSUSM will hold its all-campus meeting on 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Arts 111. There will be media availability 30 minutes prior to each event.
In hopes of "protecting the future of California" the campaign expects to prove the importance that CSU plays in the economy of California. Faculty, staff, and students alike will demonstrate that cuts to the CSU system would actually further damage the economy. To back up their claim, the campaign points out that the CSU system educates a vast majority of California's skilled work force and annually contributes over $7 billion to the its lagging economy.
Any members of the campus community eager to get involved can start by attending CSUSM's first all-campus meeting to get a better understanding of the issue at hand.
For more information, students and faculty can access http://www.calstate.edu/BudgetCentral/ or http://www.calfac.org/releases.html.
Approved by the CSU Board of Trustees for the 2008/2009 fiscal year, the cuts would force universities to turn away more than 10,000 students statewide. The lack of funding would also force the system to once more increase student fees, lay off teachers, eliminate classes, and do away with many programs.
The entire CSU community has come together to fight for a common goal against the proposed budget cuts. Each of the 23 CSU campuses has launched a unified campaign that will begin in on March 3 at CSU Dominguez Hills.
The following week, Mon. March 10, the second forum will take place at CSU San Marcos. CSUSM will hold its all-campus meeting on 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Arts 111. There will be media availability 30 minutes prior to each event.
In hopes of "protecting the future of California" the campaign expects to prove the importance that CSU plays in the economy of California. Faculty, staff, and students alike will demonstrate that cuts to the CSU system would actually further damage the economy. To back up their claim, the campaign points out that the CSU system educates a vast majority of California's skilled work force and annually contributes over $7 billion to the its lagging economy.
Any members of the campus community eager to get involved can start by attending CSUSM's first all-campus meeting to get a better understanding of the issue at hand.
For more information, students and faculty can access http://www.calstate.edu/BudgetCentral/ or http://www.calfac.org/releases.html.
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Joe Somebody
posted 3/05/08 @ 9:18 AM PST
The budget cut is needed; we don't need to raise fees.
We need to have a better system that uses money in a more efficient manner.
If I wouldn't be at work, I would be there to protest the stupidity of blaming the cut for the problem. (Continued…)
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