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Below is a summary of the issues that have been raised over recent weeks, primarily
focusing on the Arizona State Legislature’s proposed budget cuts and ramifications to
the University budget:
Given this scenario, the University of Arizona would need to absorb mid-year cuts
totaling $103 million and an additional $164 million for fiscal year 2010. In effect,
these cuts would be equal to 25% and 35% respectively, which would be absolutely
devastating to most any business let alone a University. The damage to our
University and to the causes to which the Graduate and Professional Student
Council has championed would be far reaching, irreparable and debilitating. The
results would include closure of colleges, radical increases in tuition and numerous
layoffs of faculty, staff and even graduate associates and assistants.
Suffice it to say, these proposals presents a crisis far exceeding any to which the
GPSC has ever faced in it’s short history. I would even go so far as to say that
radical measures must be considered by the full Council to address an obviously
irresponsible act that these elected officials wish to perpetuate to the higher
education system. With that said, the Student Body Presidents of all three
Universities are planning actions that are immediate and attention grabbing. They
will be summarized below.
When writing elective officials, the tone must be respectful no matter how
much we disagree with them. In combination with this effort, GPSC Vice
President Boris Glebov is gathering business leaders across the community
to support our cause.
Drastic measures are needed for drastic proposals. The State Legislative
Appropriations Committees will put this measure to a vote by month’s end.