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| Event: | UC Irvine’s Associated Students, Alumni Association and Office of Community & Government Relations, along with the UC Office of the President, will host an inaugural “Budget Write-In.” Citizens concerned about the state budget cuts’ effect on education are invited to spend a festive evening writing letters to legislators. Food, music, writing materials, and lists of local lawmakers and their districts will be provided.. |
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| Date: | Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009 |
| Time: | 4:30-8 p.m. Keynote speech, 6:30 p.m. |
| Location: | Phineas Banning Alumni House, UCI campus (bldg. 233, grid D7 on campus map) |
| Supplemental Information: | Free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kathy Eiler at keiler@uci.edu or 949-824-5227. |
| Background: | The University of California is facing unprecedented budget cuts. According to the California legislative analyst’s office, the state’s current deficit is $20.7 billion, leaving UC with a $900 million shortfall. The campus has absorbed significant budget cuts requiring the suspension of hiring in many areas, curtailment of service hours in some units, larger class sizes, reductions in class offerings, fewer travel and training activities, and many other actions detrimental to the university. |
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