Today I went to the State Capitol to protest in favor of higher education. The protests were in response to funding cuts from Snyder's 2011-2012 budget bill, which seeks to cut higher education funding by about 22 percent. According to news sources, about 200 students from different universities turned up to protest today. Some students even came from the Upper Peninsula, so that was pretty awesome. Virg Bernero, the Mayor of Lansing and former candidate for Governor, gave a speech, along with a few other interesting people. The protesters had a lot of energy, and many people had some very good signs. After the rally outside the Capitol, we all migrated inside and chanted around the rotunda and near the House of Representatives. This lasted about an hour or so and then the momentum started to die down as some schools left in their respective buses. All in all, I would say that it was a pretty good day, and the people there, though relatively few in number, were very loud. The only bad thing about the experience was the biting cold.
*This image was taken by Greg DeRuiter and posted on http://www.lansingstatejournal.com
A brief personal thought: sometimes I don't understand the passionate hate people have for students and educators. How far removed are these Americans from reality? It irks me that they think every student and educator is an anarchist when that is clearly not the case. If it was the case, that would be fine, and it would be amazing, but that is really not the case. Really, these people are jokes, and I notice they have no communication skills or arguing abilities. They hop up out of the woodwork and try to put you on the blacklist from the 1960s. Just something that I needed to get off my chest.
On another note, Tara and I are going to a performance of Les Misérables at the Fox Theater tonight, so I'm very excited for that. My mom got us excellent seats for Tara's birthday on Sunday, and I've been waiting to see a production of this for a few years now. All in all, today has been quite a busy day, but I'm very happy about it so far! Now if only it could get warmer soon!
A brief personal thought: sometimes I don't understand the passionate hate people have for students and educators. How far removed are these Americans from reality? It irks me that they think every student and educator is an anarchist when that is clearly not the case. If it was the case, that would be fine, and it would be amazing, but that is really not the case. Really, these people are jokes, and I notice they have no communication skills or arguing abilities. They hop up out of the woodwork and try to put you on the blacklist from the 1960s. Just something that I needed to get off my chest.
On another note, Tara and I are going to a performance of Les Misérables at the Fox Theater tonight, so I'm very excited for that. My mom got us excellent seats for Tara's birthday on Sunday, and I've been waiting to see a production of this for a few years now. All in all, today has been quite a busy day, but I'm very happy about it so far! Now if only it could get warmer soon!
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