Update:
Information on Proposition 92 for this Thursday's rally is up.
Update:
NEW INFORMATION ON THE POWERPLANT HEARINGS--Chabot will be making its voice this Monday!
Yes, Finals are around the corner. But sometimes it is important to speak up as a student and demand the best for your education and your personal/environmental health. Coming up there are two very important activities where instead of chatting with your friends on Facebook or MySpace, you may want to head down to the Cesar Chavez Court at noon on Thursday, December 13 or to the Hayward City Chambers on Monday or Tuesday, December 17 and 18 and make your voice heard.
What's happening at the Cesar Chavez Court on Thursday?
There will be a rally to provide
information and support for Proposition 92, the Community Colleges initiative. Do you want more stable funding for your college? Would you like a lower cost per unit with firmer controls that keep the legislature from raising your tuition rates? Proposition 92 will do those things. Some of your friends who were students in 2003-2004 can tell you how their tuition rates more than doubled due to two cost increases within a one year period! Your tuition will drop to $15 a unit and the California budget will provide firm guarantees of funding each year JUST for community colleges. If you support those ideas and want to help, be sure to attend the rally on Thursday.
What is going on with the Power Plants? How come we as residents, students, and workers of this area in Hayward were not informed? To get up to speed as to what this is about, be sure to read the sites on our
Power Plants in Hayward page. The construction of two Power Plants near Chabot will have
an effect on our environment and could have effects in the long term on people's health. There will be two hearings at the Hayward City Chambers on Monday, December 18 and Tuesday, December 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2:30-5:00 p.m. There is also an
online petition regarding the Power Plants (Note: the energy produced from both Power Plants will go to the Peninsula and not to the East Bay). If you are against the construction of the Power Plants, let your voice be heard. The ASCC (Associated Students of Chabot College) have a petition online. Sign it to have your voice be heard.
Finally, for everyone who cares about their education and their health, please remember to vote. The next election is already LESS than two months away. It will be the Presidential Primaries and if you participate you will already be giving your voice as to who you want to be President next year.
Registration forms are available online (though you will still have a filled out form mailed to you so that the State can receive your signature. The deadline to register is January 22, 2008. We will have a new President starting in January, 2009. S
tudy up on the candidates and make your selection. To find what will be on your vote go to
smartvoter.orgThe Library will be revamping its
Elections page soon. It should be launched by late January. Stay tuned!
