Rally in Tally for Lower Tuition
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Posted: 11:32 PM Jan 26, 2012
Rally in Tally for Lower Tuition
Hundreds of college students are asking lawmakers to fund higher education.
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Rally in Tally for Lower Tuition
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Tallahassee, FL -- January 26, 2012 --

Hundreds of college students are asking lawmakers to fund higher education. The students traveled from all over Florida today to rally at the state capitol. Alex Castro is a sophomore from Florida International University. Castro, like many other Florida students, says the legislature is making it hard for them to pay for school.

“They are cutting Bright Futures and then they are raising tuition. So it’s a double negatives and it’s not going to help families and students,” said Castro.

Other students in the rally voiced their concerns over Florida’s new voting law. They say it is too restrictive and limits early voting as well as registration drivers. A congressional hearing will be held on the new law Friday in Tampa.

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Posted by: Gerry on Jan 28, 2012 at 01:46 AM

@Gerry's P Every K-12 public school student in Florida who has attended only public schools has spent his entire academic career in schools under the authority of a Republican governor and a Republican legislature. Do you like the results? Every Florida student graduating with a Bachelor's degree at the normal age of 22 or 23 and who also attended only public schools, has spent his entire academic career, from junior high on, under the authority of a Republican governor and Republican legislature. Do you like the results?
Posted by: Gerry on Jan 28, 2012 at 01:42 AM

@ Gerry's P You aren't going to argue that the Republican Party isn't anti-science, are you? Which party is anti-evolution and anti-anthropogenic global warming? When AGW is criticized as a scam by "librul scientists," which party is doing the criticizing? Who wants to teach creationism in public schools? Who says science is a religion? Science is taught in public schools. Anti-science is anti public education. You can teach "creation science" in private schools. When a particular political party wishes to provide public money for private religious schools, that is subverting public education and anti-science.
Posted by: Gerry on Jan 27, 2012 at 09:33 PM

@Gerry's P You might be too stupid to figure this out, so I'll help: This thread is about tuition increases at public universities in Florida which will be paid by students. There will be no increase in the quality of a public university education in Florida. In other words, the same pedestrian higher education will be provided at a higher cost to the student. Get it? Higher cost for the same commonplace product. There is nothing like the Research Triangle, or Silicon Valley, or Route 128 in Florida and there never will be. You can't seriously argue that the legislature is interested in increasing the quality of higher public education in Florida, but they are increasing the cost to students, in order to decrease the value.
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