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Re: This is an awful initiative...
By dmc
Nov 16th 2007
at 4:53 pm EST
hey above poster,
do you even go to a uc school right now?
as a current ucb student
1) i see several student sit on the ground in my gws class on mon/wed. trust me, it's very difficult to learn theory when you're sitting on a hard floor, shuffling from side to side because your legs are going numb.
2) and there have been several instances when we don't have chalk avilable in my discussion sections. how ridiculous is that?
i don't know if we can provide a "mature reaction" when we're been deprived of fundamental resources. honestly, the only thing i see that is "rising in quality", for myself and other students, is tuition.
but, seriously, tuition relief now! is more imprortant and relevant than ever before!!
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CA Students File Ballot Initiative to Freeze Tuition
California students today filed an unprecedented ballot initiative with the Attorney General that would freeze tuition increases at University of California and California State University schools for five years, and to tie tuition increases to the price of inflation after the freeze expires.
The initiative raises new funds to ensure the continued quality of undergraduate education at these schools by imposing a 1% tax on the wealthiest California residents, and creates a panel of students and parents that will review how this new revenue is spent.
According to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, more than 80% of Californians that were polled are worried about the cost of higher education, but the campaign will still be fighting an uphill battle. While most ballot initiatives in California are bankrolled by large donors and rely on paid canvassers, this campaign is working with a smaller budget and organizing students and other volunteers to collect the signatures needed to put the measure on the ballot.
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do you even go to a uc school right now?
as a current ucb student
1) i see several student sit on the ground in my gws class on mon/wed. trust me, it's very difficult to learn theory when you're sitting on a hard floor, shuffling from side to side because your legs are going numb.
2) and there have been several instances when we don't have chalk avilable in my discussion sections. how ridiculous is that?
i don't know if we can provide a "mature reaction" when we're been deprived of fundamental resources. honestly, the only thing i see that is "rising in quality", for myself and other students, is tuition.
but, seriously, tuition relief now! is more imprortant and relevant than ever before!!