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Leach said. “It’ll mean the closing of some whole ERIC GIBBLE campuses. It is unnecesASST. NEWS EDITOR sary. It doesn’t make any By Eric Gibble ERG722@CABRINI.EDU budgetary sense.” News Editor Leach was referring Hundreds of thousands of people rallied at the National Mall in In order to help close to Penn State University Washington D.C. on Sunday, March 21 in support of comprehensive the projected $5 billion President Graham Spanimmigration reform. 2011-12 budget deficit, ier’s recent statement !"#$%&'()'$(&*$+*),,*%)'-$%),-'-"&*()-&".*'/"*0*)1&*$+*'/"-(*2$3%'(-"&*$+* Pennsylvania Gover- that in addition to raising 4-('/*),$%1&-."*'/"*5#"(-2)%*0*)1*-%*)*2($6.*'/)'*&'("'2/".*+$(*4,$27&8*9/"* nor Tom Corbett has re- tuition, entire campuses :;)(2/*<$(*5#"(-2)=*(),,>*6)&*'/"*,)(1"&'*&-%2"*?@@A*)+'"(*-##-1()'-$%* duced spending by over would be forced to shut ("+$(#*,"1-&,)'-$%*6)&*&/$'*.$6%*-%*?@@B8 50 percent for public down. 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Students fear tuition hike next year with Corbett’s budget RALLY, page 1
eric gibble / news editor
Students from across Pennsylvania converge on the state capitol on March 28. They were joined by their faculty, parents, legislators and union leaders and called for an alternative to Governor Tom Corbett’s budget.
Community college enrollments could increase with budget cuts LEGISLATORS, page 1 education opportunities at community colleges. “Because students are not able to attend a university in the state system, they attend community college. More and more pressure is being placed on the community colleges to provide more programs for the students who can’t afford to go elsewhere,” Thomas Murt, state representative (R., Montgomery), said.
Murt also stated that funding for community colleges should be increased. However, if the budget is passed as it is, the community college allocations funding will be reduced by 10 percent. “It’s very important that we provide funding and opportunities for students across Pennsylvania, especially for our middle class and working class families to achieve higher education,” Murt said. If constituents are alarmed by the proposed cuts, State Representative Greg Vi-
Daylin Leach (D., Delaware county) “We should absolutely have a severance tax. Every other state has it. You wouldn’t have to cut college education by 50 percent if you have the Marcellus Shale tax.”
Thomas Murt (R., Montgomery county) “I am one of few Republicans who support that concept. I believe that most of this money should go towards environmental initiatives.”
tali (D., Delaware County) urged them to make their voices heard. “You have your state reps, your state senators and your governor and you need to communicate your thoughts to them in any way possible,” Vitali said. “A personal meeting with your state representative and state senator would be good starting points.”
Nick Miccarell (R., Delaware county) “Municipalities should be able to charge a fee to protect themselves.”
Greg Vitali (D., Delaware county) Vitali has introduced legislation calling for a tax. “We project in fiscal year 20112012 it’ll be about $200 million.”
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“They [my parents] are right now working 12-hour days to put me and my sister through college and this is unacceptable. If this goes through, we can’t go to college. Everything that my parents would have done would have been for nothing,” Lopez said. Balancing work and her academic responsibilities is already a challenge for Shippensburg University social work graduate student Jamie Showers. She said the cuts would force her to re-evaluate completing her degree. “I already have to work part-time and have a grad assistant job on campus that gives me very little just to get school paid for. And already our tuition is being raised.” Showers also said her husband was helping her pay for education and these budget cuts would take a toll on their financial situation. “If tuition goes up even more I don’t even know how we’re going to be able to afford our home, our bills,” Showers said. “I don’t think that I would be able to finish one more year of school.” As Lopez and Showers stood alongside other public university students, leaders from these universities testified before the House Appropriations Committee on the consequences of the cuts on their schools. “There’s something wrong with a system that dedicates more funding to its corrections institutes than our educational institutes,” Frank Snyder, secretary-treasurer of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO, said to the crowd. The animosity towards Corbett was evident with chants of “where is CorFrank Snyder bett?” and “cut Corbett” coming from the crowd, referring to him as the enemy of Pennsylvania. Kevin Mahoney, associate professor at Lock Haven University and vice president of their Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties chapter, expressed his disappointment with the governor. “He’s declared war on the citizens of Pennsylvania. He’s basically said, ‘No, we’re cutting off your future,’” Mahoney said. The debate should also move from cuts to revenue enhancements, according to Mahoney. “We don’t have a budget problem. We have a revenue problem,” Mahoney said. State Senator elect Judy Schwank (D., Berks) stated that Pennsylvania remains the only state among the top 15 natural gas producers without a natural gas extraction tax. “It’s not right. It’s not fair, not while we let gas drillers and big corporations get away with not paying their fair share too,” Schwank said. The crowd agreed with a reoccurring chant “tax our gas.” Showers noted the high environmental and infrastructure cost natural gas companies are imposing on the state. “There are multi-billion dollar companies that are actually being detrimental to our environment, to our state, that aren’t being taxed. That gap needs to be closed,” Showers said. The lack of investment in education concerns Showers because she fears the cuts will only bring a trickle-down effect. “Education is such a huge foundation for people to be able to get jobs, to get off welfare, to stay out of prison. It’s proactive rather than being reactive.” dla37@cabrini.edu
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