The INDsider -> R. Reese Fuller TUE, MAR 17 3:25AM by R. Reese Fuller

Students oppose proposed budget cuts

There's a group of LSU students who run a blog that focuses on the proposed education cuts in the state's budget. SOS - Save Our Schools held a press conference yesterday at the LSU student union in Baton Rouge and issued what it calls a "student response" to the proposed cuts. According to The Advocate, LSU's main campus faces about $35 million in cuts in Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposal to slice $219 million from Louisiana's colleges. If the previous cuts from January are included, the university faces a cut of $45 million.

“Please Gov. Jindal, we are not asking for a bailout,” said LSU senior Parker Wishik, of Ocean Springs, Miss.

Students say they only want the current levels of funding preserved at LSU and other colleges, Wishik said.

Whitney Breaux, a political communications senior from Baton Rouge, said funding higher education is the best way to “stimulate our economy” and eliminate the “out-migration of educated professionals” in Louisiana.

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written by Seymour Butts , March 17, 2009 - 06:16 pm

"Whitney Breaux,said funding higher education is the best way to Ã¢â?¬Å?stimulate our economyÃ¢â?¬Â and eliminate the Ã¢â?¬Å?out-migration of educated professionalsÃ¢â?¬Â in Louisiana."

Considering the rest of the US, the out-migration has stopped. Let have Jindal issue hot checks to LSU, Yee Haa.

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