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Article: Santa Barbara protesters disappointed at a low student turnout
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- April 22, 2008
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Joanne Tucker
University Wire
04-22-2008
(Daily Forty-Niner) (UWIRE) SANTA BARBARA -- Approximately 30 people protested at Santa Barbara City College against the proposed California higher education budget cuts that would cause future tuition increases.
"We do have a voice and we need to make it heard in regards to budget cuts and how it affects education," said Carina Vega, the Student Senate for California Community Colleges Region 6 representative and organizer of the Santa Barbara protest. "We need to let the California government know."
Around half of the participants traveled all the way from College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita.
"We have a huge rally going on in Sacramento, so we ...