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Protesters: No more budget cuts
Jesse Kimbrel
Issue date: 4/23/08 Section: News
Timbo Temblador, a junior sociology major, asked the group, "Why is California ranked as one of the lowest states in education?"
After he spoke to the group, Temblador said, "the Education Opportunity Program has been dismantled and SJSU's EOP is dead last in the CSU system."
Jeremy Mallard, a senior creative arts major, said the government is "promoting ignorance" by cutting the budget.
"It's hard enough to go to school, to make it more difficult is absurd," he said.
Basil Robledo the director of programs at Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network said to the crowd, "We live in a crazy state."
After the gathering he added that, there are all kinds of loopholes for wealthy people in California, money that could potentially be used to balance the budget, but instead the government wants to cut the education budget.
On Tuesday night the Student Advocates for Higher Education "Dream In" camped out in front of the Smith-Carlos statue.
"We plan to camp out to show that students are dreaming for our demands to become reality," the flier read.
After he spoke to the group, Temblador said, "the Education Opportunity Program has been dismantled and SJSU's EOP is dead last in the CSU system."
Jeremy Mallard, a senior creative arts major, said the government is "promoting ignorance" by cutting the budget.
"It's hard enough to go to school, to make it more difficult is absurd," he said.
Basil Robledo the director of programs at Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network said to the crowd, "We live in a crazy state."
After the gathering he added that, there are all kinds of loopholes for wealthy people in California, money that could potentially be used to balance the budget, but instead the government wants to cut the education budget.
On Tuesday night the Student Advocates for Higher Education "Dream In" camped out in front of the Smith-Carlos statue.
"We plan to camp out to show that students are dreaming for our demands to become reality," the flier read.
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