"On Thursday, Jan. 21, members of the University of Massachusetts Student Government Association (SGA) met to decide on a course of action for the “March 4 National Day of Action to Defend Education.”
The National Day of Action to Defend Education is an attempt at a national movement by students to raise awareness of the problems that educational institutions are faced with during the nation’s economic crisis.
Members of the SGA discussed possibilities to aid this national effort such as creating fliers and posters outlining facts and statistics about the University’s budget cuts, working with other registered student organizations to plan awareness events and creating a word-of-mouth campaign.� In order to hear out the views of all those present, the committee sat in a circle and each individual was given the opportunity to speak in a “go around.”"