Students and faculty discussed the March 4 walk out during Associated Students open forum, which prompted the student government to voice their opinions on the protests. “It’s important to raise an awareness, shout, and then sit at the table and talk,” said Conor Lansdale, A.S. vice president. What we’ve lost as a society is tolerance, Lansdale said. “I feel nothing less than pride of the actions on March 4,” said CSUN student, Justin Marks, during Tuesday’s A.S. meeting. “It’s easy… Read more

Jose Gomez, senior chicana/o studies and Spanish major, walked out last Thursday to protest the budget cuts on the higher education system. He was arrested along with four other individuals.

CSUN students, faculty, staff and outside community will host a day of action on Thursday, March 4 to protest against budget cuts. The event, which is being sponsored by various organizations including the California Faculty Association (CFA), A Coalition of Students and Teachers (C.O.S.T), United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), California Teachers Association (CTA) and Students for Quality Education (SQE) will display a variety of demonstrations throughout the day. “It’s in response to budget cuts” said Jessica Baty, member of C.O.S.T… Read more

Aaron Helmbrecht CSUN operated in the midst of an approximately $41 million budget cut in the Fall 2009 semester, which led to cutbacks, including faculty furlough days, class cancellations, and tuition and fee increases. In response, students and faculty held numerous protest rallies and created video petitions venting their frustration at Sacramento. All of these efforts materialized into absolutely nothing. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has promised additional, “across-the-board,” cuts in January in response to the new projected state budget deficit of… Read more

The other day in class I witnessed something I have never seen in the four years of my college life. It happened during what I expected to be a three-hour lecture about media law when a student from our class received permission from the professor to speak to us about something that affects us all: the budget cuts. This came as a surprise to me because other than the occasional one-day rallies or a week at ‘Vent at the Tent,’… Read more

Walking across campus on Tuesday, students were crowding around the sorority and fraternity tables. Diligent efforts to raise money and get students to join their organizations were in full swing while people laughed and conversed with a sense of joy. Something was missing. Concern.  To my dismay there wasn’t any concern about what is happening to our education and around the world. I mean do the students of CSUN really care? Some faculty members and students reacted with anger over… Read more