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Posted on: February 22nd, 2010

ASG stands against budget cuts

Photo By: Chrissy Anzlovar

Photo By: Chrissy Anzlovar

James Redmond
News Reporter

Mesa State College held a rally to protest Colorado’s higher education budget cuts on Feb. 17 at the Maverick Pavillion. The rally was organized by MSC’s Associated Student Government, and included speeches by ASG President Ryan Hendershot, MSC
President Tim Foster and a video speech by State Senator Josh Penry.
Nick Lopez, ASG vice president, stood at a podium surrounded by MSC students who filled the tables of the Maverick Pavilion.
“It was one year ago that members of the Associated Student Government, students and administrative officials came together on the steps of Houston Hall to announce that we would no longer stand for cuts to higher education,” Lopez said.
After Lopez, Hendershot told the crowd about the potential harms of the cuts, and to reassure them that the Board of Trustees and the administration have their best interests at heart.
“They will do whatever possible to minimize the impact of access and affordability at Mesa State,” Hendershot said.
Students and institutions throughout Colorado are taking action to first statewide higher education budget cuts. This rally was one of many at colleges and universities in Colorado.
At MSC there will be forums to discuss both effects and solutions regarding the cuts. According to ASG Professional Studies Senator Dillon McMProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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len, these forums will be held over the next couple of weeks and months.
“Mesa State, even in a really difficult hour for higher education in our state has managed to stand out in a significant way,” Penry said in a video addressed to the rally.
According to Hendershot, next year, MSC will face deeper cuts bringing state support down by nearly $13 million.
MSC students around the campus and at the rally are worried about how the cuts will affect them and their education.
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he price,” said Casey Goehl, a MSC freshman sociology major. Students are already thinking about ways to deal with the effects of the cuts.
Lindsey Walton, a freshman business major, plans to get a job this summer working so much that she will “have no life in the summer.”
While everyone hopes for a good ending to the current funding cuts predicament Lopez said, “We know that difficult sacrifices and tough decisions must be made.”
To see video footage of the rally check out the Criterion website at thecrite.com.

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