Hunter Students and Faculty Say No to Budget Cuts and Tuition Hikes
Issue date: 11/26/08 Section: News
"These figures are used rhetorically to describe the trend in society to reward those who already have and to take from those who don't have," Hoff explained. "These tuition hikes and cuts are not fairly distributed and they tend to have a disproportionate effect on minority, low- and middle-income students."
Hunter Senior Kristen Glaude echoed this sentiment.
"My main question is where is our money, this extra $600, going?" she asked. "But the Chancellor's salary goes up! I mean, now he makes more than the President [of the United States]! If we're in such dire straits then he should take his bonus and put it towards us!"
Chancellor Goldstein will now make an annual salary of $450,000 compared to $400,000 for President-elect Barack Obama.
Hoff, together with CUNY Contingents Unite and the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) seek to alert the Governor, the Chancellor, and other CUNY top-level administrators to the impact of these policies. "They need to realize just how important education is during an economic crisis, when CUNY is the place where people go back to school to get retrained and retooled. Funding education is more important now than ever.
The organizers did receive some help in getting the word out as many press were in attendance, most notably CBS News, which did a segment on the rally for their local edition.
"We were glad to see local press at the rally and we hope that future events will draw a similar amount of attention," Hoff emphasized. "It's very important that the public know about what's happening at CUNY. When politicians see the public upset that's when they act."
Both the Chancellor's Office and the Hunter Office of the President declined to comment as of this edition's printing.
Hunter Senior Kristen Glaude echoed this sentiment.
"My main question is where is our money, this extra $600, going?" she asked. "But the Chancellor's salary goes up! I mean, now he makes more than the President [of the United States]! If we're in such dire straits then he should take his bonus and put it towards us!"
Chancellor Goldstein will now make an annual salary of $450,000 compared to $400,000 for President-elect Barack Obama.
Hoff, together with CUNY Contingents Unite and the Professional Staff Congress (PSC) seek to alert the Governor, the Chancellor, and other CUNY top-level administrators to the impact of these policies. "They need to realize just how important education is during an economic crisis, when CUNY is the place where people go back to school to get retrained and retooled. Funding education is more important now than ever.
The organizers did receive some help in getting the word out as many press were in attendance, most notably CBS News, which did a segment on the rally for their local edition.
"We were glad to see local press at the rally and we hope that future events will draw a similar amount of attention," Hoff emphasized. "It's very important that the public know about what's happening at CUNY. When politicians see the public upset that's when they act."
Both the Chancellor's Office and the Hunter Office of the President declined to comment as of this edition's printing.
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