Fullerton Attends the Rally

Fullerton College student body president Rajan Vaidya and senator Jesse Saunders appreciated the positive approach taken at the rally.

“The last thing we want to do is complain,” said Saunders. “Other systems have it worse than us.”

“That’s why we’re out here, because we have it pretty cheap,” said Vaidya. “New Mexico is twice as expensive.”

They’re concerned that in subsequent revisions to the budget legislators may once again be tempted to cut community college funding and raise enrollment fees, bringing them closer to what students pay at community colleges in other states.

That would be a mistake, according to Saunders.

“Community colleges are so necessary,” he said. “It is the way for some people to make it.”

--Chris Haire