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The interaction was one of the most powerful parts o f the trip, he said. The trip focused on service learning, and Zylstra said the group concen trated on the value of the experience, not merely volu nteering their time and energy. When they returned, the group held a forum to share their experiences, hoping to connect others to the reality of the d isaster.
b u dget featured the largest cur to edu足 cation in 26 years. "(Federal student aid) is under attack in Washington, D.C. , today. Why? lJecause nobody's fighting back at the local level," M urray said. "This bill means every one of you will pay more."
President Loren Anderson opened the event with brief remarks, followed by student Kimberly Kreitel. Kreitel, a jun足 ior from Yelm, said without federal stu足 dent aid she would not have been able to attend PLU. In a national political atmosphere steeped in talk of values,
Senator Murray rallies campus on student-aid issue .S. Sen. Patry M urray, D-Wash., addressed the campus in February at a "Rally for Student Aid," implo ring students to mobilize on the issue o f federal student aid. At the time o f her speech, the Deficit Reduction Act had j ust passed Congress, eli minating over $1 2 billion i n federal student aid for this year, and President Bush had unveiled his budget for 2007. According to M urray, his 6
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S e n . Patty M u rray, D-Wash., visited c a m p us in Febru a ry to a l e rt students to the i m p e n d i n g c uts to federal student aid f u ndi n g u n d e r the most recent b u dget.