And I really hate to always have to be the cynical gadfly but is this
resolution really necessary? This is like tenants issuing a formal complaint
that they oppose rent increases. Well duh, of course they oppose rent
increases, they're tenants! But then again, in the frivolous political
world, formal statements must be issued for everything lest some lame brain
or opportunist claims you don't care.

And what, exactly is "adequate funding"? Gov. Pataki seems to think his
budget cuts provide for "adequate" allocations. And what else is that poor
President Raab to do?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jillian Murray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:58 PM
Subject: Re: Resolution on Tuition Increases


> The Senate Administrative Committee will be meeting tomorrow morning,
where
> I will be making the final arguments for putting forth this resolution at
> tomorrow evening's Senate Meeting. Further edits and amendments are
welcome
> until tomorrow morning. This is how it now reads:
>
> BE IT RESOLVED, That the Hunter College Senate opposes the governor's 2003
> budget proposal to raise tuition at CUNY by $1,200,
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate opposes the governor's cuts to
> financial aid programs such as SEEK and TAP
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate demands that the State of New York
> restore adequate funding for CUNY,
>
> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Senate supports and encourages the
efforts
> members of the Hunter community to prevent the budget cuts, and urges
> President Raab to take a stronger stance on the tuition hikes.
>
>
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> "Can it be that my fate as a novelist consists
> in compromising all my heroes and heroines
> in the eyes of well-bred people?"
> -- Nikolai Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky, "What Is to Be Done?"
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> Jillian Murray
> http://studentweb.hunter.cuny.edu/~murrayj
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