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<H1 class=Headline>Hundreds Rally Against Community College Cuts</H1>
<H2 class=SubHead><I>SD Community College District Canceled Most Of Summer
Session Due To Cuts</I></H2>
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<DIV class=posted>POSTED: 1:08 pm PDT April 15, 2011</DIV>
<DIV class=updated>UPDATED: 1:11 pm PDT April 15, 2011</DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody><!--startindex--><B class=Dateline>SAN DIEGO --
</B>Hundreds of people gathered near San Diego City College Friday morning to
protest cuts to education. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>Carrying signs and drums, demonstrators -- many of them
students -- voiced their anger over the cuts to education in a loud protest
during the U.S. Department of Education Community College Summit on campus.
Among other items, the students say they're upset over the cut to summer school
classes. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>The San Diego Community College District has canceled most
of the summer session due to budget cuts. The district usually offers about
1,100 classes that serve more than 23,000 students. Now, only select classes
serving those graduating in the summer or year-round programs will be offered.
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<DIV class=StoryBody>The crowd of about 150 demonstrators marched from the
college quad to outside the theater where the conference was being held. Many of
them painted red on their faces to symbolize their pain. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>"The blood represents cuts to education. It's a symbolic
protest that we're hurting and we're bleeding and we're dying [to have] our
voices heard," said student Marcos Perez. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>"It's their lives that we're playing with when we cut the
budget so severely by $400 million. It sounds like a round number, but that's
27,000 students that will not be able to come to these schools," added retired
teacher John Falchi. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>The summit focused on serving military families and
veterans, and those inside the conference said they understand student hardship
but believe their efforts are misdirected. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>"What I wish the students knew though was that the folks
that are here are really the people that are so empathic and so much supporting
them," said Gail Schwartz, a community college senior advisor for the U.S.
Department of Education. </DIV>
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<DIV class=StoryBody>"If they say, we're not going to give you the money, that
means you have to unfortunately... cut classes and downsize," added Rich
Dittbenner, a spokesman for the San Diego Community College District.</DIV>
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