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SMC Takes
it to the capitol By DJ Davids Contributor Schools across California are gearing up for the “March in March,” a protest in the state’s capitol in effort to prevent the proposed budget cuts of Governor Jerry Brown,which could drop Santa Monica College’s budget by 20 percent. With the proposed cuts increases in tuition are guaranteed, and the possibility of having a winter session in years to follow could be slim. With the already shrunken summer session, it could become more difficult to take short courses at SMC. Previous budget cuts have already affected the education system, proven by the simple fact that there are not enough classes for everyone at SMC to take. With some classes having add-lists reaching over 100 students, the proposed cuts could potentially create more
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Budget cuts could hurt Wednesday, March 9, 2010
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By Muna Cosic Staff Writer
On January 10, 2011, California Governor Jerry Brown proposed a budget cut of $12.5 billion from state spending due to the $26.6 billion budget deficit. The proposed budget will cut $400 million, a 6.8 percen% reduction in funding, from C a l i f o r n i a community colleges. Governor Brown’s budget plan includes raising student fees from $26 per unit to $36 per unit. An increase of 38.5 percen% that, according to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, will produce $110 million for community colleges, which will support an additional 50,000 students. Along with the $400 million budget cut from the California community colleges’ general fund, the budget plan includes a cut of $2 billion from the Proposition 98 minimum funding guarantee for K-12 and community colleges if an extension of tax increase does not pass, according to Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO). An additional $129 million in funds to the community colleges will be put on hold, according to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors. The LAO has also suggested further cuts by another $13.5 billion, added to the budget cut of $12.5 billion, with another $685 million funding cut from the community colleges. This
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Volume C, Issue 16
Proposed State Reductions These scenarios represent projected budget cuts compared to that if SMC maintains a 7.5% reserve (fund balance level). 7.5% is equivalent to one month’s payroll.
Scenario A: $5.537 Million State Reduction
‘11-‘12 ‘12-‘13 ‘13-‘14 PFBE
2,239,224 7,169,246 13,196,030
FB@7.5% 10,703,390 10,990,083 11,231,259
Scenario B: $9.737 Million State Reduction
‘11-‘12 PFBE
‘12-‘13 ‘13-‘14
1,994,776 15,807,114 26,474,209
FB@7.5% 10,703,390 10,990,083 11,231,259
Key: Red Letters ... Negative Numbers PFBE ... Projected Fund Balance, Ending FB@ 7.5% ... Fund Balance at 7.5%
Missing SMC student found Missing SMC student Lawrence Grillo has been found. By William Goldstein & John Stapleton IV Staff Writers
Photo of Lawrence Grillo available courtesy of facebook.
After a week of nervous tension, the 36-year-old SMC theatre major Lawrence Grillo Jr., who had been reported missing by his family, has been found, according to his father. During a phone call Monday, New Hampshire resident Lawrence Grillo Sr. told the Corsair that his youngest son,
Chris Grillo, had located the missing thespian shortly after filing the missing persons report with police. “My youngest son found him this weekend,” the elder Grillo said. “He turned up in one of the local hospitals.” According to the elder Grillo, his son was to be released from the hospital within 72 hours. There is no update as to why the younger Grillo was hospitalized or when he was set to be released.. Grillo’s father added little else, except to express his relief that his son had at least been found alive. “We’re all set,” he said. Lawrence Grillo Jr. had been missing for approximately a week. The LAPD Missing Persons Report filed by his
family read: “Last seen in the 2400 block of Purdue Ave, West Los Angeles. He likely has a small black rolling backpack in his possession and may be utilizing mass transit/bus for transportation. He is known to frequent the Hollywood and Santa Monica area.” The younger Grillo was cast as the Messenger in Hamlet/Oedipus, which will open April 8 at SMC’s Studio Stage. His reoccurring absences from rehearsals and a number of emails, text messages and phone calls from his professors, classmates and friends that went unreturned are what initiated concerns. According to one of his professors, Grillo
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