<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Hello,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Just an FYI, the BOT already voted this morning to increase our CSU fees. I listened to the live stream of the meeting.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande',
tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">Here is a statement from Assembly Member Block....</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://">http://asmdc.org/members/a78/news-room/press-releases/item/2720-assembly-higher-education-chair-marty-block-issues-statement-on-csu-trustees-vote-to-increase-student-fees</a></span></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; "><br></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span
class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; "><div class="itemHeader" style="padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><h2 class="itemTitle" style="padding-bottom: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 26px; font-size: 24px; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Assembly Higher Education Chair Marty Block Issues Statement on CSU Trustees Vote to Increase Student Fees <span><sup style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(207, 25, 25); text-decoration: none; ">Featured</sup></span></h2></div><div class="itemBody" style="padding-top: 8px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div class="itemFullText"><p style="margin-top: 10px;
margin-bottom: 15px; ">Assembly Higher Education Committee Chair Marty Block (AD-78) issued the following statement after the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees voted to approve a mid-year fee increase and an additional increase in fees for the 2011-2012 academic year:</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; ">“Fee increases have become a difficult trend in these tough economic times, but they cannot become the norm for addressing the fiscal challenges plaguing our public higher education system. While raising the cost of college may ease short-term financial problems, those gains will be quickly outweighed by the negative impact fee increases can have on limiting student access and decreasing retention rates across campuses.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; ">“In an era of high fees, students rely on financial aid, Cal Grants and other forms of assistance to stay in the classroom. Without it some
students have to put their classes on hold until they can afford to continue their education. That is why, given the troubling nature of these increases, it is imperative that financial aid keep pace when fees go up. It is encouraging to see institutions recognizing that, and taking action to expand their financial aid programs to help students stay on track toward completing their degree.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; ">“Increasing the cost of attending a CSU or UC translates to more money from the pockets of students already struggling with multiple jobs and heavy class loads. To ease this burden, we need to be looking at longer-term fixes to the chronic underfunding of higher education, and when fee increases are on the table they must be low and predictable.</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; ">“These increases shine light on a broken system and as Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, I look
forward to working with Governor-elect Brown to explore real solutions and to develop a long-term vision for how we are going to maintain excellent and affordable higher education systems that will ensure we are able to produce enough college graduates to keep California competitive in a global economy.”</p><p style="margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 15px; "><strong>Contact</strong>: Mike Naple (916) 202-0003</p></div></div></span></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"> In Solidarity,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;">Carrie Christie</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;
"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;">Joint Forces at SDSU</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://">jointforces.sdsu@gmail.com</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="garamond, 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#BF00BF">"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." </font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#737373">~ Margaret Mead </font><img
src="http://mail.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/40.gif"></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><br></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> "sdsu.m4committee@yahoo.com" <sdsu.m4committee@yahoo.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SOUTHERN COALITION <southerncalicoalition@googlegroups.com>; "norcalcc@lists.aktivix.org" <Norcalcc@lists.aktivix.org>; EDUCATION FOR ALL LIST SERV <educationforall@lists.aktivix.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wed, November 10, 2010 11:55:17 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [SouthernCaliCoalition] URGENT MSG\ CSU BOT MTG \ Today CSU
Chancellor's Office<br></font><br> Hello,<br>Today the CSU Board of Trustees will vote yea or nea to increase student fees 15 %! 5% for Spring 2011 and 10% for Fall 2011. Students are gathering I<br><br>California State Chancellor Office 401 Golden Shore<br>Long Beach, CA 90802<br><br><br>If you are near, or if you know anyone that's near LA or Long Beach please go there and join other students who are already there! Currently no-one from CSU Long Beach has been in communication with any other students activist! <br><br>Yesterday there was a great amount of media coverage for the 25 or so students that were there. The greater number of students the greater media coverage there will be. Citizen in the state of California MUST know what is happening. Students don't have access to public relation people to get the word out nor do we have the money to pay for TV, and newspaper ad. We have our voices and when we gather in large numbers, the media pays
attention. Its the best advertising method students have (and except for the cost of gas or bus fare) its FREE.<br><br>SDSU M4 Committee <br><br><br><hr><div><b>From: </b> William Leibzon <william@leibzon.org> </div><div><b>Sender: </b> southerncalicoalition@googlegroups.com </div><div><b>Date: </b>Tue, 9 Nov 2010 11:13:48 -0800</div><div><b>To: </b>SouthernCaliCoalition<southerncalicoalition@googlegroups.com></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> leibzon@gmail.com </div><div><b>Subject: </b>[SouthernCaliCoalition] Cal State Board of Trustees Meeting - Wednesday, Nov 10 @ Long Beach</div><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br> <div><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166285966725955">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166285966725955</a></div> <div> </div> <div>Above is a facebook event for tomorrow meeting of CAL STATE UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES where they will be voting to increase fees
by 15% (on top of 5% already passed).<br></div> <div>The location is:</div> <div> CSU Long Beach</div> <div> 401 GOLDEN SHORE <div> Long Beach, CA</div> <div> </div> <div>Time:</div> <div> Wendesday, November 10, </div> <div> 9am - 12pm</div> <div> </div> <div>About 100 people are exected to come from various CSUs. Anyone who can make it there to support them, please do.</div> <div> </div><font color="#888888"> <div>William</div></font></div></div> </div></div><div style="position: fixed; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "></div> </div><br>
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