About 1,500 college students rallied at state Capitol this morning to protest $1 billion in budget cuts that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is proposing for California's three college systems in the coming fiscal year.Students from many UC, state university and community college campuses marched about a mile from Raley Field to the Capitol, where they heard from Lt. Gov John Garamendi and other speakers opposed to the governor's cuts to education. Similar protests were held at a half-dozen other locations up and down the state at the same time, from Los Angeles and San Diego in the south to Arcata in the north.
"Kick us out, we will vote you out," the crowd in Sacramento chanted as they walked along a bridge crossing Highway 99, through downtown and onto the Capital steps. The line of students, which included hundreds from the Bay Area, stretched six blocks, and dozens of motorists honked in support as they drove by.
The fears, voiced again and again, where that if Schwarzenegger's proposed funding cuts go through, students will end up paying more to attend, while reduced services and a narrower selection of classes.
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