The Rocky Mountain Collegian

Issue date: 4/7/09 Section: News

Media Credit: Aaron Montoya Taylor Smoot, Associated Students of CSU president, right, and about eight other CSU students met about 200 additional Colorado students on the steps of the capitol Monday to protest significant funding cuts to higher education.

About 200 students from nearly every college and university in Colorado responded en masse to the Joint Budget Committee's recommendation Wednesday that $300 million be cut from the $600 million higher education budget.

"Our message today is simple," said Adam Davenport, Mesa State College Associated Student Government president, in front of the crowd. "The de-funding of higher education is unacceptable."

As they stood on the icy steps of the capitol, their footing as uncertain as the fiscal future their schools face, chants of "No way, we can't pay" and "Save our schools" rose and fell from the students in front of media covering the rally.

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