Speaking against Nevada's higher education budget cuts

Following on a big rally at UNLV last month, students will be traveling to Carson City to protest the severe budget cuts that Governor Jim Gibbons supports:

On February 25-27, eight students (two from each of Southern Nevada’s student leadership institutions, including both undergraduate and graduate student body leaders) will travel to Carson City to lobby on behalf of Nevada’s students.

On Wednesday evening, they will attend a legislative dinner and meet with state leaders that evening as well as Thursday afternoon to discuss student interests and needs in relation to budget cuts.

This event is being co-hosted and organized by the student governments of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), College of Southern Nevada (CSN), and Nevada State College (NSC).

Seriously, how is this state ever going to become something more than a place driven by gambling and tourism if we don't invest in the education of our citizens?

More information on how Nevada's higher education institutions are responding to the cuts here; you can voice your opinion with our sorry excuse for a governor here.