The Revolution

Time to take it to the streets!

GPSC and other Campus Organizations are bringing us together to protest the State of Arizona's choice to turn away from higher education.

We urge you to participate. A decision will be made soon.

Don't let our state go down without a fight!

This is from the GPSC president's report:

"Student Government President’s Action Plan

The Student Body Presidents, Undergraduate and Graduate, at ASU, NAU and the University of Arizona have plotted a course of action following an emergency meeting earlier tonight. The actions that will be taken include:

a) Campus Protests – Tuesday, January 20

For the University of Arizona, this will take place on the UA Mall in front of the
Memorial Student Union. Bring your posters expressing your opinions, wear
black shirts to signify the death of higher education and bring as many of your
friends as you can. The greater the numbers, the stronger the message.
Media members have been invited and will be present to record this event.

b) Arizona Board of Regents Meeting – Thursday, January 22

The Arizona Board of Regents needs to know that the students here at the
University of Arizona support drastic measures. Their meeting is due to take
place at 1 pm in the Catalina/North Ballroom. Governor-in-waiting Jan Brewer
and/or her designee is expected to attend this meeting, and this will
demonstrate to her the importance of the issue to our campus.

c) State Capitol Protest – Wednesday, January 28

The University of Arizona Student Body Presidents, in coordination with ASU
and NAU Student Body Presidents, are organizing busses to travel to the
State Capital to loudly demonstrate against the proposal laid forth by the
State Legislature Leadership. The more students that are present, the
stronger our message will be.

d) Letter Writing Campaign – Friday, January 30

The Arizona Governor’s Office and the State Legislative Leadership are being
targeted a writing campaign:

1. Senate/House Education Chairs
2. Senate/House Appropriation Chairs
3. Senate/House Leadership
4. The Governor’s Office
5. The Arizona Board of Regents

When writing elective officials, the tone must be respectful no matter how
much we disagree with them. In combination with this effort, GPSC Vice
President Boris Glebov is gathering business leaders across the community
to support our cause.

Drastic measures are needed for drastic proposals. The State Legislative
Appropriations Committees will put this measure to a vote by month’s end."

***Sallygradstudent will be working on compiling e-mail addresses for all committees so you don't have to shift through their website. The Appropriations committee is already listed in the previous post.

It is now or never, people.