Students in Sacramento rally against proposed cuts

Moa Axelsson, Staff Writer
March 15, 2011

Approximately 20,000 students and faculty from California’s community colleges gathered in Sacramento on March 14, to protest against proposed budget cuts that will not only increase student fees but also cut classes and eliminate several student services. “Education is a fundamental right.... Read more »

SMC takes it to the Capitol

D.J. Davids, Contributor
March 9, 2011

Schools across California are gearing up for the “March in March”, a protest in the state’s capitol in effort to prevent the proposed budget cuts of Governor Jerry Brown,which could drop Santa Monica College’s budget by 20 percent. With the proposed cuts increases in tuition are... Read more »

Seems like education is always the first to go

Guiliana Dakdouk, Managing Editor
March 8, 2011

The mantra “education is priceless” has been engraved in our minds practically since birth. Yet each year, the big wigs of California colleges sit around a table to arbitrarily determine a tuition fee that equates to the cost of our education. Meanwhile, be it via parents, work, federal aid,... Read more »