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DESCRIPTION:Cal State Hayward students will walk out to demonstrate their opposition to 
 the overburdening cuts to the CSU and the Compact Deal between Chancellor 
 Reed and Governor Schwarzenegger on Wednesday, May 26 at 12 noon.  Students 
 will be joined by faculty and staff as they march to Mission Boulevard, 
 between Harder Road and Carlos Bee Blvd., to make a strong public statement 
 that funding higher education needs to be a priority in California.  
 “California remains one of the strongest economies in the world because 
 of the innovation and creativity of our people.  If we fail to foster those 
 qualities in our higher education, California runs the risk of no longer 
 being on the cutting edge of all that is new, bold, and necessary for human 
 progress,” says CSU Hayward student Ray Grangoff.  The Governor's May 
 Revise and the recent compact agreed to by Chancellor Reed do not reflect 
 California's commitment to a quality and affordable higher education 
 system.  The Governor/Chancellor compact was made without consultation of 
 students and does not meet with student approval.    In addition to a $240 
 million cut to the CSU, undergraduate students will face a 14% fee increase 
 for 2004-05 and an additional 8% increase in each of the two subsequent 
 years.  Teaching credential candidates will face fee increases of 20%, 
 while graduate students will face an increase of 25%. It is important to 
 note that CSU fees were raised by the Board of Trustees an average of 40% 
 last year and they just recently voted to approve the fee increase for 
 2004-05.  “The high tuition fees and California’s high cost of living 
 make it nearly impossible for students to afford their college 
 education,” says Trisha Tahmasbi, a CSU Hayward student.  “I know many 
 students are re-thinking whether or not it is still worth pursuing a 
 college degree in California,” said Tahmasbi.  Those students lucky 
 enough to be admitted to CSU campuses will be paying more money for less 
 service.  CSU student Norma Gutierrez explains, “Computer lab hours have 
 already been cut on our campus, outreach programs face severe cut backs, 
 and the limited amount of classes available will make it very difficult to 
 graduate in a four year period.”  Equally troubling is the fact that many 
 qualified students will be denied admission all together.  The CSU 
 estimates that 23,000 students will be denied access to CSU education in 
 the fall 2004; that is in addition to the 10,000 students denied access 
 during the 2003-04 school year.  For more information about the walk out 
 and budget cuts to the CSU, please contact Raymond Grangoff, a member of 
 the CSU Hayward student coalition against the budget cuts, at 
 grangoff@hotmail.com or (510) 220-8683.  \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/25/39823.php
SUMMARY:WALK OUT protest at CSU Hayward
LOCATION:CSU Hayward campus.  We'll meet on the lawn in front of Meiklejohn Hall and 
 walk down Mission Blvd.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/05/25/39823.php
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