So is anyone from UCSD going to UCLA to protest?

UCSDfan · 11-19-2009, 12:01 PM

I dont know if all of you are informed, but the UC Board of Regents are voted yesterday to raise the price of tuition by 32 percent. This makes you wonder whether we are still a public university. So I just wanted to know if there are any fellow Tritons that are going to UCLA to protest against the fee hike?

UCSDfan · 11-19-2009, 08:18 PM

you got to be kidding me, no one has an opinion about this?

leaftye · 11-19-2009, 08:52 PM

It sucks. This is one more reason to leave CA after school.

ucsandiego915 · 11-19-2009, 08:58 PM

The state of california is screwed if they don't do it. I am irritated about it but I understand.

ucsandiego915 · 11-19-2009, 08:59 PM

and to the poster above me, I'm from out of state and trust me the rest of the US sucks in comparison to CA (no offense)

aglages · 11-19-2009, 09:21 PM

Good news for OOS students and wealthy Californians.

Slorg · 11-19-2009, 09:23 PM

Good news for California taxpayers.

leaftye · 11-20-2009, 12:01 AM

To the poster that posted after me, I've resided in three other states, but thanks for trying to help me with your assumptions about what it's like outside of California.

ucsandiego915 · 11-20-2009, 07:24 AM

^ Woah, no need to be harsh! Just my opinion... and I DO know what it's like outside of California thank you very much.

W. Ericsson · 11-20-2009, 10:48 PM

What I am frustrated about is...

WHY GO TO UCLA AND PROTEST?

Now, I agree that protesting is the way to go, and to travel to UCLA in order to do so is great and kudos to the OG. What I'm getting at is that there is something wrong at UCSD. For some reason, we do not have a large turnout of students/people that are protesting, and I want to know why. UCSD is just as large as the other campuses. I want UCSD to stand up. To protest as great as others. Are we really the Socially Dead university? Where is the spirit to defend each other?

If it is a communication problem, we need to work on it. People don't know when the protests occur? Where? Then we set times and dates. We pass out flyers, we post on facebook, we ask our friends to join us, WE PASS THE MESSAGE ALONG.

Is it an issue of motivation? People don't care? People don't understand how this affects thousands of students across California? I hear people saying, "personally, I knew Yudof would increase it anyway". How can he do otherwise when we do not protest. He cannot think "you know, the small turnout at the UCSD protests makes me want to not do this. Instead we should find a different solution. Or perhaps just decrease the percentage to 20%". We need people. We need to inform them of why we are protesting. WE NEED TO EDUCATE EACH OTHER.

Now imagine the following: You tell your friends why you are going to protest. You tell them not just about the tuition increase, but about the furloughs, the budget costs, the custodians that were laid off and the students that were arrested in the process of protesting. You EDUCATE them about the issue. And then you ask them to come with you Saturday at 3pm at Library Walk, and join you in the protest. I'm sure more of your 20 friends will show up than if you don't do anything about it.

I think rallies should be held to spread the word of protests. To spread the word of the issues. To spread our VOICES, or else we cannot be heard.

subtle_overlord · 11-21-2009, 12:59 AM

I think the protesters need more balls if anything.

The balls to say they will accept lower quality professors and that they are okay with professors making less pay. Say they are willing to fire more laborers because students didn't want to pay higher tuition. To protest against luxuries such as campus loop shuttles and a football team. That they are okay with science students having to pay more money for every lab that they take. For art students to pay more out-of-pocket expenses for every project that they undertake. To tell financial aid students to suck it up because nobody is willing to pay for their scholarships. Forcing tax payers to fork over even more money in an already depressed economy. To divert money from non-imminent projects such as CA High Speed Rail to fund education.

Unless you are okay with all or most of these things then you will not be taken seriously.

If you're wondering where a lot of the money went, here it is:
University of California's Top Earners (2008)

In the end we value atheltic coaches and medical school professors the most. =/

whoswithwhatnow · 11-21-2009, 01:40 PM

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And then you ask them to come with you Saturday at 3pm at Library Walk, and join you in the protest. I'm sure more of your 20 friends will show up than if you don't do anything about it.

I think rallies should be held to spread the word of protests. To spread the word of the issues. To spread our VOICES, or else we cannot be heard.

Should we have what... taken over the floor of some random building for a few hours like the other UCs? That accomplished a whopping nothing. The fact is a UC tuition is edging a lot closer to what it's actually worth.

subtle_overlord · 11-21-2009, 03:17 PM

This is totally random but kind of pertains to the poster above me:

Pure win:
There were fire alarms going off in the building due to protests, but this UC Berkeley professor still needed to teach his class. So he used the walls of the building as his chalkboard. : pics

W. Ericsson · 11-21-2009, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by W.W.W.N.

Should we have what... taken over the floor of some random building for a few hours like the other UCs? That accomplished a whopping nothing.

I don't think there's a purpose to that. Can't we just march around? Hold rallies? Perhaps even sit on Library Walk? You don't need to disturb others to make a point. And you are missing the point of what protests achieve and why we protest, as are many others, unfortunately. Apart from missing that point, many are missing the point of why we are protesting, and what we are protesting. Perhaps if someone came up to you (those who miss the point) and explained it to you, you'd be more informed and have an actual opinion.

Just my opinion.

subtle_overlord · 11-21-2009, 10:10 PM

You imply that we do not know why you are protesting. I will take this as a point of reference.

I'm guessing you're protesting to relieve your frustration about tuition hikes, and how that will affect low-income and "minority" students. That those greedy feegents are only looking out for themselves and all they want to do is sit on a big pile of money while they cackle at how those poor students are suffering. Am I wrong?

Unfortunately all the protesting in the world isn't going to solve anything. It doesn't change the fact that California is in an economic recession, thereby affecting the UC's by default. You don't offer any viable solutions that do not compromise the quality of our education. You don't ever once admit that other sacrifices must take place if tuition remains stagnant. If there are no other solutions offered then of course the feegents are going to do what was inevitably to come.

Please fill in the gaps. I obviously have no idea why you are protesting (really, I don't).