PROTEST IN LONG BEACH

Students from several CSUs gathered outside the CSU Office of the Chancellor in Long Beach to protest and observe the deliberation of the tuition increases on Tuesday Nov. 9, 2010.

Many students shared their arguments against the increases and personal accounts of how the increases would adversely affect the continuation of their college educations. William Hauck, Committee on Finance chair, appreciated the students’ feelings and concerns. He also added that the legislature, governor, board and chancellor made every effort to avoid increasing the tuition.

The Board of Trustees is torn on the decision. Some think that an increase should be the last resort and that all avenues have not been exhausted. Others feel that the increase is necessary to open the school to more students.

Claudia Ramirez, 24, sociology major at CSULB, said to the CSUN Daily Sundial, “We, the students, keep paying more, yet we keep seeing a dismantling of the quality of education in the CSU.”

Photo: Bryan Norton, 19, a sophomore CSU student.; By: Patrick Dilanchian