Thread: Campuses on fire: students raise their voice in the US

Campuses on fire: students raise their voice in the US

Published 05 March, 2010, 05:37
Edited 07 March, 2010, 01:25

College students on more than 100 campuses across the US have been protesting against cutbacks which have brought staff layoffs and hikes in tuition fees.

Yahoo StumbleUpon Google Live Technorati del.icio.us Digg Reddit Mixx Propeller Public school students have also walked out over the budget cuts, which demonstrators say will mean poorer education, while limiting access to university for those with less money.

The youth anger is really building up all around the country, which is probably being underscored by most elected officials. Education of the future generations is even more important than innovations, yet the schools are being shut down, resulting in teachers losing their jobs.

No wonder students feel disenchanted. They walk out and speak out – and loudly. What they are demanding in a nutshell is "no more tuition hikes." They demand a tuition freeze and no more budget cuts; they do not want their services to be cut.

"I think that the crisis is a mistake of the banks and how they planned it, their bad planning," said one of the students. "We should not be paying for that."

Most importantly, what these students in the State of New York and around the country want is fair representation. They want to be a part of the decisions that are being made at the schools that they are paying tens of thousands of dollars to attend. Thy simply want their voices to be heard.

http://rt.com/Politics/2010-03-05/us-st ... ?fullstory

University of California campus erupts in riots

Published 03 March, 2010, 00:49
Edited 08 March, 2010, 01:01

Violence breaks out as students at the flagship school of the University of California protest stiff tuition hikes.

Students at the University of California’s flagship Berkeley campus took to the streets on Friday night, vandalizing university buildings, burning trash cans and clashing with police in the latest expression of frustration over cuts to the educational budget in California.

In November, the University of California Board of Regents voted to raise tuition by 32 percent. At the same time, professors were asked to take pay cuts or be furloughed, classes were eliminated and class size increased. Protests erupted across the University of California system, particularly at UC Davis and UCLA.

The first tuition hikes took place in January, and since then tensions have been on the rise.

“Nobody planned what happened, but anger erupts when it has been building for so long. That’s what happens,â€

They want to be a part of the decisions that are being made at the schools

The schools have taught them well.

Students are in the streets, the illegal aliens are in the streets, the Tea Parties, and other Americans concerned about their nation, are also in the streets. Doesn't look like the "change" stuff is going so well.

I see more social unrest mounting, especially if the health care bill does or does not pass. Americans in general will be upset, and so will the liberal socialists. If amnesty comes up soon, it will get really ugly.

Psalm 91

Yet these same kids protest in support of tax sucking illegal aliens. If they are too stupid to make this connection they don't deserve any diploma.