Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Another excellent byline
Marchers Traverse 90 Miles, 14 Bay Area Campuses To Make Higher Education a Greater State Priority
Yep. If you march far enough, the legislature will dedicate its whole budget to education. I'm sure of it.
“California can afford to provide a decent education for all,” Parish said. “The budget cuts in education are the natural outcomes of conscious decisions made over the years by state policy makers.”
Er... I guess so. Would we rather have our state policy makers making unconscious decisions?
“I wanted to meet the people who hit the pavement and put their feet where their beliefs are,” said UC Berkeley junior Chelsea Collonge. “I can’t even imagine walking for an hour, much less five days.”
Wow. Just wow. I hope she's in a wheelchair or something, because otherwise, she's got no excuse.
“We found walking to be a really good way of getting our message out,” said UC Santa Cruz student Leah Marchenko. “I think it’s going to get a good response at Santa Cruz and everywhere else.”
Marching is an effective way to mobilize other young people, Marchenko said.
Not according to Chelsea Collonge. Anyway, did you try talking or writing as a means of getting your message out? I guess I'm just naive, but I can't seem to put my finger on how walking really far sends a message, other than "the university system doesn't educate us with enough intensity, because look at all the free time we have."
It’s been a long time since students went out of their way and made sacrifices for a cause, said Yvette Felarca, director of BAMN, who rallied with the walkers.
People have been blowing themselves up for their causes almost continuously for years. What are you talking about? Are you getting senile in your old age?
The group is working to place referenda on California college campuses where students would vote to pay $10 a year to fund the creation of a statewide student union.
Great, an even bigger UCSA which wants us to fund their personal desires.
The student union will be a center of political empowerment for youth, because students will decide how to allocate its funds, Parrish said.
Correction: "...because some students will decide how to allocate its funds..."
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