Comments on: Thousands of ASU students protest abortion funding at state universities

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:40:09 +0000

Whats wrong with this whole situation is that you have some students who face the prospect of not graduating this year because ASU will cancel the classes the students have paid for due to unpaid furloughs for the teachers. The majority of the blame for this situation lies squarely in the lap of ASU president Michael Crowe who has done nothing but act as a self serving potentate.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:37:26 +0000

Do you have kids?

By: Jim Kaucher

Jim Kaucher — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 00:50:01 +0000

Who paid for the buses, food, etc.? I heard it was a “private donation,” but I don’t know from whom.

By: Veritas Vincit

Veritas Vincit — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:45:50 +0000

Facts are, ASU is a top heavy bloated taxpayer supported institution of indoctrination that should have its budget slashed AT LEAST 40% … that is, until they return to teaching young minds to think independently for themselves.

Granting “class credit” for attending a glorified pep-rally and ranting only illustrates my point.

Higher education? Not at ASU (or NAU or UofA)… especially if you’re a liberal arts student.

By: Iris Lynch

Iris Lynch — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:13:16 +0000

Try understanding the motivation for the showing up: a free day off with an added credit for screaming and hollering. The subject is a relatively small part of the motivation, if in fact it matters at all.

By: Basil St. John

Basil St. John — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:09:37 +0000

Wait–college students show up to protest budget cuts and you say the same thing would have happened if they’d been given a day off from class to protest abortion funding? This blog just gets weirder and weirder.

By: JaneAZ

JaneAZ — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:25:18 +0000

You act as though students had no self-interest in protesting cuts to the universities they’re trying to graduate from.