March will have students from throughout California pressuring legislators to increase funding for higher education. Humboldt State University has two choices: stay here and get “pissed off,” or join the activists, says HSU Associated Students President Brandon Chapin.
California State Universities and California Community Colleges will rally together on March 22 in front of the State Capitol.
Aarron Wilyer, HSU California State Student Association Representative, is the event coordinator for HSU. Wilyer says the thousands that are expected will meet at Raley Field in Sacramento for the beginning of the demonstration. After an hour rally, students plan to march a mile to the North Steps of the State Capital.
Chapin, a senior and Political Science major adds that he, Wilyer and eight other students from HSU California Higher Education Student Summit (CHESS) will have the opportunity to speak with legislators and staff members after the rally.
The march will “show that everybody’s angry,” says Representative of the College of Professional Studies Courtland Johnson, a sophomore majoring in recreation.
At January’s State of the State Address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to the Legislator to eliminate the 32% student fee increase for UC’s along with the 20% increase the CSU’s faced last year.
At January’s State of the State Address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed to the Legislator to eliminate the 32% student fee increase for UC’s along with the 20% increase the CSU’s faced last year.