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Protesting against tuition increases expected on campus today
Elisha Maldonado
Issue date: 4/22/08 Section: News
Student Advocates for Higher Learning will march against tuition increases today on campus.
The group, which will assemble at 10:30 a.m. in front of the A.S. House, will march around SJSU and end up in front of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue for a noon news conference.
The demonstration is to "denounce tuition increases," said the group's community liaison, Cesar Juarez, also a junior social science major.
"The purpose of tomorrow's action is to let the community know, to let the elected officials know, especially Gov. Schwarzenegger, that we are doing something about it," Juarez said. "We don't want our tuition to increase."
The march also brings to the forefront Assembly Bill 540, Juarez said.
AB540 will allow undocumented immigrants, permanent residents of the U.S. and U.S. citizens who meet the criteria to be eligible to pay in-state tuition, while remaining undocumented, according to the group's MySpace page, SAHE at SJSU.
"The march is focusing mainly on financial aid for AB540 students who are still not eligible for state or financial aid," Juarez said, "but also to motivate students and create a support group."
The group, which will assemble at 10:30 a.m. in front of the A.S. House, will march around SJSU and end up in front of the Tommie Smith and John Carlos Statue for a noon news conference.
The demonstration is to "denounce tuition increases," said the group's community liaison, Cesar Juarez, also a junior social science major.
"The purpose of tomorrow's action is to let the community know, to let the elected officials know, especially Gov. Schwarzenegger, that we are doing something about it," Juarez said. "We don't want our tuition to increase."
The march also brings to the forefront Assembly Bill 540, Juarez said.
AB540 will allow undocumented immigrants, permanent residents of the U.S. and U.S. citizens who meet the criteria to be eligible to pay in-state tuition, while remaining undocumented, according to the group's MySpace page, SAHE at SJSU.
"The march is focusing mainly on financial aid for AB540 students who are still not eligible for state or financial aid," Juarez said, "but also to motivate students and create a support group."
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