Arnold and UC

[nibot]

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger issued a 2004-05 state budget proposal Friday with $372 million in cuts for the University of California system. The proposed cuts would reduce student enrollments, raise student fees, scale back student financial aid, reduce spending on faculty, eliminate K-12 outreach, and make deeper cuts to research, administration, and other programs. UC President Robert Dynes, in a newsletter to UC employees, calls the cuts understandable in light of the state's deficit, but notes that they will have "a very real impact on what this institution is able to accomplish for the people of California."

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[kari-marie.livejournal.com]

Sigh... And this is the guy that repealed the car tax. Sadly, I know a teacher who voted for him solely because she was buying a new car and didn't want to pay the higher car tax. Ugh.

I know the money has to come from somewhere, but when schools that are already financially strapped get cut even deeper, it kills me. As more of the cost of "fees" (because of course tuition is free for in-state students, right?) are passed onto students, less and less of the lower-income kids are gonna be able to afford it, even if they do their first two years at a JC. Bummer.

[nibot.livejournal.com]

and rumors have it that Bush is going to announce plans for some kind of "moon base" (please pronounce that like Dr. Evil pronounces "LASER" in Austin Powers).. these people are off their rockers.

A moon base would be cool. But a moon base and a tax refund??

[kari-marie.livejournal.com]

My sis famously_fruity wrote a great poem about that:

People are cold
To the moon, George
People are hungry
To the moon, George
Millions are jobless
To the moon, George
People are fighting wars
To the moon, George
Fifth-graders are illiterate
To the moon, George
Children are being left behind
To the moon, George
My school computer crashes hourly
To the moon, George
My school computer is older than my students
To the moon, George
I spend large amounts of my money to better my classroom
To the moon, George
The school feeds my students pop-tarts for breakfast and then expects them to perform, grow, and learn
To the moon, George
Where does our president want to spend copious amounts of my money in order to look like a humanitarian?
To the moon, George
Where does this whole situation make me want to send our fearless leader who captured Saddam and single-handedly resored justice in Iraq?
To the moon, George, to the moon