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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Students at the SUNY College at Oneonta will hold
rallies in the main quad on campus from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Monday,
October 26, and Thursday, October 29, to protest Governor Paterson’s budget
cuts to SUNY.
The rallies, designed to raise awareness about the impact of budget cuts
on the SUNY system, will encourage students to sign a petition to be sent to
the Governor. Students will also be urged to call their state legislators to
voice their opinions about the budget reductions.
Governor Paterson’s executive order of October 6 cut all state agencies
by 11 percent, which amounted to a $90 million reduction in state support
for SUNY. He is reportedly considering additional reductions to the SUNY
budget.
The rally at SUNY Oneonta on Monday will be the first in the SUNY Student
Assembly’s "Many Voices, One SUNY" campaign, which has organized protests on
all 64 SUNY campuses.
More information about the rallies is available from Juliette Price,
Director of Communications for the SUNY Student Assembly, at (607) 221-9345.
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