Students Spam State Capitol To Keep Ax From Falling

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POSTED: 10:34 pm PDT May 6, 2008

SAN JOSE -- Without taking a single step, thousands of California college and university students and faculty members "virtually" marched on Governor Schwarzenegger's office today to protest budget cuts.

Students from the University of California system joined with students from California State Universities and community colleges for a so-called "electronic march" in which the students faxed, phoned and e-mailed the Governor's office, urging the Governor to raise taxes instead of tuition ...

Tuition fees for the U-C and C-S-U systems have nearly doubled in the last six years. San Jose State Associate Professor Pat Don says he has seen lots of students drop out because they couldn't afford to go to school, "They go off to 'work' for a few years and then they try to come back. Very problematic for them. So this is something the Governor has got to take leadership on this thing and I know he can do it. Very few politicians who could do it, he could do it" ...

The Governor's last budget proposal cut $1.3 billion from the current $11 billion dollars slated for the state's higher education systems. Schwarzenegger's revised budget proposal is due next week ...

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