Comments on: ASI lobbies D.C. http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/ Serving California State University, Fresno since 1922. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jizabel http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-28566 Jizabel Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:17 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-28566 Ahaha, Kimbo and gm, such naive, gullible, young minds. It brings me back to my childhood. Ahaha Ahaha, Kimbo and gm, such naive, gullible, young minds. It brings me back to my childhood. Ahaha

]]> By: Jizabel http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-44566 Jizabel Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:47:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-44566 Ahaha, Kimbo and gm, such naive, gullible, young minds. It brings me back to my childhood. Ahaha Ahaha, Kimbo and gm, such naive, gullible, young minds. It brings me back to my childhood. Ahaha

]]> By: Esmeralda Santos http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-28463 Esmeralda Santos Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:09:42 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-28463 It was a group of ASI members, student volunteers and students at large who attended the Conference. Every constituency group who receives money from the federal government is actively lobbying for funding especially during a time when the economy is not doing so well. Students are especially vulnerable to budget cuts since we are not organized into a large voting block with mass electoral power. This is why it is important to be visible not simply at their Congressional Offices but in Washington D.C. Additionally, we participated in solidarity with students across the nation to demonstrate the importance of a unified student voice. During Spring Break, I missed a week of work, I missed an opportunity to have free time with friends, family or to simply to relax. Instead I chose to take part in a higher education conference to support higher education and lobby for educational programs. It was a group of ASI members, student volunteers and students at large who attended the Conference.

Every constituency group who receives money from the federal government is actively lobbying for funding especially during a time when the economy is not doing so well. Students are especially vulnerable to budget cuts since we are not organized into a large voting block with mass electoral power. This is why it is important to be visible not simply at their Congressional Offices but in Washington D.C. Additionally, we participated in solidarity with students across the nation to demonstrate the importance of a unified student voice.

During Spring Break, I missed a week of work, I missed an opportunity to have free time with friends, family or to simply to relax. Instead I chose to take part in a higher education conference to support higher education and lobby for educational programs.

]]> By: Esmeralda Santos http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-44565 Esmeralda Santos Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:09:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-44565 It was a group of ASI members, student volunteers and students at large who attended the Conference. Every constituency group who receives money from the federal government is actively lobbying for funding especially during a time when the economy is not doing so well. Students are especially vulnerable to budget cuts since we are not organized into a large voting block with mass electoral power. This is why it is important to be visible not simply at their Congressional Offices but in Washington D.C. Additionally, we participated in solidarity with students across the nation to demonstrate the importance of a unified student voice. During Spring Break, I missed a week of work, I missed an opportunity to have free time with friends, family or to simply to relax. Instead I chose to take part in a higher education conference to support higher education and lobby for educational programs. It was a group of ASI members, student volunteers and students at large who attended the Conference.

Every constituency group who receives money from the federal government is actively lobbying for funding especially during a time when the economy is not doing so well. Students are especially vulnerable to budget cuts since we are not organized into a large voting block with mass electoral power. This is why it is important to be visible not simply at their Congressional Offices but in Washington D.C. Additionally, we participated in solidarity with students across the nation to demonstrate the importance of a unified student voice.

During Spring Break, I missed a week of work, I missed an opportunity to have free time with friends, family or to simply to relax. Instead I chose to take part in a higher education conference to support higher education and lobby for educational programs.

]]> By: gm http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-28428 gm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:51:25 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-28428 So let me get this straight. 10 members of ASI go to D.C. to lobby for lower student fees and then return to advocate that student fees go up with their support of the IRA increases? It certainly would have been impossible to lobby members of the California Congressional delegation when they were home in their districts just a few weeks ago. I'm sure this was a wonderful educational opportunity for the 10 students involved but please spare us the claims of the wonderful benefits that will come of it and how receptive the representitives were. One other note. The reporter on this piece shouldn't be afraid to ask some of the questions many people were surely thinking when reading this piece. In addition to the contradiction I started off with, how about the obvious - how much did this trip cost? So let me get this straight. 10 members of ASI go to D.C. to lobby for lower student fees and then return to advocate that student fees go up with their support of the IRA increases? It certainly would have been impossible to lobby members of the California Congressional delegation when they were home in their districts just a few weeks ago. I’m sure this was a wonderful educational opportunity for the 10 students involved but please spare us the claims of the wonderful benefits that will come of it and how receptive the representitives were. One other note. The reporter on this piece shouldn’t be afraid to ask some of the questions many people were surely thinking when reading this piece. In addition to the contradiction I started off with, how about the obvious – how much did this trip cost?

]]> By: gm http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-44564 gm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-44564 So let me get this straight. 10 members of ASI go to D.C. to lobby for lower student fees and then return to advocate that student fees go up with their support of the IRA increases? It certainly would have been impossible to lobby members of the California Congressional delegation when they were home in their districts just a few weeks ago. I'm sure this was a wonderful educational opportunity for the 10 students involved but please spare us the claims of the wonderful benefits that will come of it and how receptive the representitives were. One other note. The reporter on this piece shouldn't be afraid to ask some of the questions many people were surely thinking when reading this piece. In addition to the contradiction I started off with, how about the obvious - how much did this trip cost? So let me get this straight. 10 members of ASI go to D.C. to lobby for lower student fees and then return to advocate that student fees go up with their support of the IRA increases? It certainly would have been impossible to lobby members of the California Congressional delegation when they were home in their districts just a few weeks ago. I’m sure this was a wonderful educational opportunity for the 10 students involved but please spare us the claims of the wonderful benefits that will come of it and how receptive the representitives were. One other note. The reporter on this piece shouldn’t be afraid to ask some of the questions many people were surely thinking when reading this piece. In addition to the contradiction I started off with, how about the obvious – how much did this trip cost?

]]> By: Kimbo T. Slyce http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-28362 Kimbo T. Slyce Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:03:59 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-28362 Key to the budget problem----Save money by not doing these field trips. Key to the budget problem—-Save money by not doing these field trips.

]]> By: Kimbo T. Slyce http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-44563 Kimbo T. Slyce Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:03:00 +0000 http://collegian.csufresno.edu/2008/04/04/asi-lobbies-dc/#comment-44563 Key to the budget problem----Save money by not doing these field trips. Key to the budget problem—-Save money by not doing these field trips.

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