Budget cuts disappoint

the cost to high-income patients, freezing payments to nursing homes and home health agencies and scaling back on payments for oxygen equipment.

grass is non-existent. So, if the college has promised us a place of tranquility, why is administration pushing to change it and going back on its word?

This contradiction is leading many of us to wonder what else will be changing. There is a part of me that loves this school, but there is another that shows that I can’t wait to get out of here. I don’t want to be part of a school, acollege, which has now turned into a university.

This is a college, a peaceful campus in the suburbs, not a parking lot. Stop forcing our col- lege to grow, with overcrowded rooms and less-than-sufficient parking locations. We cannot handle this rapid growth.

I understand that trustees thrive on huge incoming classes, and I understand that residence life and student activities make do with what they have to accommodate these new students. I understand how the SET building cost $18.5 million and that the money for that monstrosity has to come from somewhere.

However, why should admissions sell a prospective freshman on the college by telling that stu- dent how great our school is?

Why tell them how beautiful our campus is? They can see that on their own. Parents can surely detect extra cars lining every inch of our driveways. You can’t hide that.

We all crave a parking spot near our residence halls, but at what price? I know what you’re thinking: $85, plus the $30 ticket we got last week, right? But, regardless, throw another faculty member’s car in front of the commons or the chapel, and I bet some of us will throw a fit.

MICHELLEMORAN STAFFWRITER

MLM724@CABRINI EDU

President Bush’sproposal for the nation’s budget for 2007 includes plans to cut spending in several areas including Medicare, Medicaid, energy programs and health research.

When I heard this proposal during the State of the Union Address, I was left scratching my head wondering, “where are all of our tax dollars really going?”

With cuts being taken from the elderly, sick and disabled there must be some other plan to help them out, right? Wrong. The majority of spending increases are directed towards homeland security and funding the war in Iraq.

While I understand the need to protect our country from war and terrorists, I also believe that there is a greater need to protect and keep in mind our citizens’ health related issues.

Bush’s intended targets of the cuts for Medicare include upping

While I think increasing the costs of Medicare to highincome citizens is a respectable idea, I feel there is no reason why elderly people should have to pay for America’s astronomical debt.

Iadmit that I am a little biased on the subject, since I have experience working with the elderly and disabled. However, targeting the elderly,poor and disabled is just so obviously wrong and ridiculous. President Bush and the government should be looking a little harder at themselves and really be examining their morals and values they have towards other people.

Ialso find it ironic that the wealthy people in the White House get to make these decisions for the common man. It’s easy to say cut spending to “those people” when you live in big houses, drive a Mercedes and have great health insurance.

Overall, I think the American people should be aware of what our government is really deciding for us. Whether it effects us directly or not, there are still people that are not as advantaged to think of.