WEBVTT 00:05.972 --> 00:11.209 align:start >>> THE ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS 00:11.212 --> 00:15.813 align:start MEETS IN TUCSON AND HEARS FROM 00:15.816 --> 00:18.182 align:start STUDENTS AFTER ANOTHER ROUND OF 00:18.185 --> 00:22.120 align:start BUDGET CUTS. 00:22.123 --> 00:24.555 align:start >> I'M REALLY AT THE WAY ARIZONA 00:24.558 --> 00:27.025 align:start TREATS EDUCATION. 00:27.028 --> 00:29.927 align:start I THINK THAT'S REALLY DANGEROUS 00:29.930 --> 00:33.464 align:start AND UNFORTUNATE FOR OUR ECONOMY. 00:33.467 --> 00:35.166 align:start >> A FORMER REGENT SAYS THAT'S A 00:35.169 --> 00:37.235 align:start CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, HIGHER 00:37.238 --> 00:37.635 align:start EDUCATION SHOULD BE MORE 00:37.638 --> 00:39.504 align:start AFFORDABLE. 00:39.507 --> 00:42.273 align:start >> THEY COULD DO MORE TO REDUCE 00:42.276 --> 00:42.573 align:start THE COSTS TO KEEP THE TUITION 00:42.576 --> 00:46.811 align:start DOWN. 00:46.814 --> 00:47.345 align:start >> THE CHALLENGES OF AFFORDING A 00:47.348 --> 01:05.496 align:start COLLEGE EDUCATION. 01:05.499 --> 01:08.433 align:start THIS IS "ARIZONA WEEK." 01:08.436 --> 01:11.436 align:start >>> THE ARIZONA LEGISLATOR 01:11.439 --> 01:13.905 align:start RECENTLY CUT $99 MILLION FROM 01:13.908 --> 01:17.008 align:start HIGHER EDUCATION. 01:17.011 --> 01:18.343 align:start THIS WEEK IS IN TUCSON HEARING 01:18.346 --> 01:19.877 align:start FIRSTHAND WITH STUDENTS FACED 01:19.880 --> 01:23.381 align:start WITH THE RISING COST OF TUITION 01:23.384 --> 01:32.657 align:start AND FEES. 01:32.660 --> 01:34.993 align:start FORMER U.S. SENATOR DENNIS 01:34.996 --> 01:39.063 align:start RECONCINI HAD SOMETHING TO SAY 01:39.066 --> 01:40.465 align:start ABOUT IS RISE IN TUITION. 01:40.468 --> 01:41.632 align:start >> WE HAVE TO CHALLENGE OUR 01:41.635 --> 01:44.168 align:start POLITICAL LEADERS. 01:44.171 --> 01:44.769 align:start IT'S HARD, AFTER 27 YEARS IN 01:44.772 --> 01:46.437 align:start ELECTED OFFICE. 01:46.440 --> 01:49.307 align:start IT'S HARD WHEN YOU HAVE TO ASK 01:49.310 --> 01:50.675 align:start THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO PAY 01:50.678 --> 01:54.312 align:start SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE, 01:54.315 --> 01:56.180 align:start WHATEVER IT IS, AND CERTAINLY 01:56.183 --> 01:57.615 align:start WELFARE IS CONTROVERSIAL AND 01:57.618 --> 01:58.549 align:start EDUCATION NOT QUITE SO MUCH, 01:58.552 --> 02:00.785 align:start BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS GONE TO 02:00.788 --> 02:04.055 align:start SCHOOL AND PARENTS ARE INVOLVED, 02:04.058 --> 02:06.257 align:start BUT STILL, AND OUR STATE IS JUST 02:06.260 --> 02:07.592 align:start BOGGED DOWN WITH 02:07.595 --> 02:09.761 align:start ULTRACONSERVATIVES THAT DON'T 02:09.764 --> 02:12.864 align:start WANT TO PAY FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 02:12.867 --> 02:14.699 align:start ANYMORE, THEY'RE BEING SUED, AS 02:14.702 --> 02:16.234 align:start YOU KNOW THE STATE'S BEEN SUED 02:16.237 --> 02:18.202 align:start AND SUCCESS WITHOUT A JUDGMENT 02:18.205 --> 02:19.637 align:start AGAINST THE STATE FOR NOT 02:19.640 --> 02:20.972 align:start FOLLOWING A PROPOSITION THAT WAS 02:20.975 --> 02:23.875 align:start PASSED AND WHILE I WAS ON THE 02:23.878 --> 02:25.777 align:start BOARD OF REGENTS FOR EIGHT 02:25.780 --> 02:28.479 align:start YEARS, FIVE, SIX OF THOSE YEARS, 02:28.482 --> 02:34.952 align:start FIVE OF THESE YEARS, TUITION 02:34.955 --> 02:35.853 align:start WENT UP AN AVERAGE OF ABOVE 8%, 02:35.856 --> 02:37.588 align:start SOMETIMES 15%. 02:37.591 --> 02:39.457 align:start BECAUSE THE LEGISLATURE AND TO 02:39.460 --> 02:40.958 align:start THE GOVERNOR CUT VERY BADLY. 02:40.961 --> 02:45.330 align:start AND I UNDERSTAND RECESSIONS AND 02:45.333 --> 02:46.297 align:start I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO REDUCE 02:46.300 --> 02:50.335 align:start THE EXPENSES. 02:50.338 --> 02:52.136 align:start BUT WHEN YOU DO IT WITH COLLEGE 02:52.139 --> 02:54.172 align:start EDUCATION, OR K-12 EDUCATION, 02:54.175 --> 02:55.873 align:start YOU'RE HURTING YOUR ECONOMY, 02:55.876 --> 02:58.376 align:start YOU'RE CAUSING MORE PAIN AND 02:58.379 --> 03:00.345 align:start MORE SUFFERING AND MORE 03:00.348 --> 03:01.846 align:start SACRIFICE AND IT'S REALLY A SAD 03:01.849 --> 03:02.714 align:start THING FOR ARIZONA BECAUSE 03:02.717 --> 03:05.550 align:start ARIZONA HAS A HISTORY OF 03:05.553 --> 03:07.218 align:start CONTRIBUTING TO EDUCATION. 03:07.221 --> 03:10.421 align:start WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, LIKE I 03:10.424 --> 03:12.757 align:start ALWAYS SAY, WAY LAST CENTURY, 03:12.760 --> 03:15.560 align:start THE STATE PAID OVER 80% OF IT. 03:15.563 --> 03:15.827 align:start NOW I THINK IT'S DOWN TO 11% OR 03:15.830 --> 03:18.096 align:start 12%. 03:18.099 --> 03:20.298 align:start SO IT'S JUST VERY UNFORTUNATE. 03:20.301 --> 03:21.532 align:start OUR UNIVERSITIES, HOWEVER, HAVE 03:21.535 --> 03:23.668 align:start SUCCEEDED BECAUSE WE HAVE 03:23.671 --> 03:26.204 align:start TREMENDOUS LEADERSHIP AND 03:26.207 --> 03:29.807 align:start UNFORTUNATELY, THE BOARD HAS 03:29.810 --> 03:30.241 align:start INCREASED TUITION SUB 03:30.244 --> 03:32.176 align:start SUBSTANTIALLY. 03:32.179 --> 03:33.811 align:start I OPPOSED THOSE TUITIONS WHEN I 03:33.814 --> 03:36.647 align:start WAS THERE BECAUSE I FELT THERE 03:36.650 --> 03:38.649 align:start HAD TO BE A BETTER WAY, AND WITH 03:38.652 --> 03:40.051 align:start FEDERAL FUNDS DRYING UP, IT 03:40.054 --> 03:40.718 align:start DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO 03:40.721 --> 03:42.754 align:start GET BETTER. 03:42.757 --> 03:43.888 align:start >> WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF 03:43.891 --> 03:46.457 align:start ARIZONA'S LANDSCAPE? 03:46.460 --> 03:47.825 align:start STUDENTS ARE NOT GETTING 03:47.828 --> 03:48.993 align:start EDUCATED IN UNIVERSITIES, NOT 03:48.996 --> 03:50.094 align:start PURSUING HIGHER EDUCATION. 03:50.097 --> 03:53.031 align:start >> IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE ARIZONA 03:53.034 --> 04:02.640 align:start IS ON THE LOWER TIER OF EVERY 04:02.643 --> 04:03.841 align:start MEASUREMENT OF EDUCATION. 04:03.844 --> 04:07.211 align:start DROPPING OUT, NOT GETTING 04:07.214 --> 04:09.280 align:start THROUGH IN EIGHT YEARS, COST IS 04:09.283 --> 04:09.881 align:start STILL ONE A THAT IS CONSIDERED A 04:09.884 --> 04:11.683 align:start GOOD INVESTMENT. 04:11.686 --> 04:15.319 align:start BUT IF YOU'RE A BLUE COLLAR 04:15.322 --> 04:18.156 align:start FAMILY AND YOU HAVE TO PAY 04:18.159 --> 04:20.458 align:start $11,000 PLUS A YEAR FOR YOUR 04:20.461 --> 04:22.827 align:start COLLEGE TUITION AND EVEN IF YOU 04:22.830 --> 04:23.828 align:start HAVE A JOB, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT 04:23.831 --> 04:26.564 align:start GOING TO MAKE MUCH MORE THAN 04:26.567 --> 04:28.366 align:start THAT AS A STUDENT. 04:28.369 --> 04:31.002 align:start IF YOU GET PARENTS THAT CAN HELP 04:31.005 --> 04:34.605 align:start YOU OR RELATIVES, FINE, AND THE 04:34.608 --> 04:37.675 align:start FEDERAL PROGRAMS ARE TREMENDOUS, 04:37.678 --> 04:38.743 align:start THE PELL GRANTS AND ARE RELIED 04:38.746 --> 04:40.478 align:start ON IMMENSELY. 04:40.481 --> 04:41.913 align:start BUT YOU HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF 04:41.916 --> 04:43.881 align:start THOSE BACK. 04:43.884 --> 04:45.683 align:start AND THE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS THAT 04:45.686 --> 04:49.787 align:start OUR UNIVERSITIES HAVE CREATED 04:49.790 --> 04:54.258 align:start AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS 04:54.261 --> 04:57.929 align:start INSISTED WE RAISE WHEN I WAS 04:57.932 --> 04:58.696 align:start THERE, THAT 11% IS SET ASIDE FOR 04:58.699 --> 05:00.164 align:start NEEDY STUDENTS. 05:00.167 --> 05:01.899 align:start I DON'T WANT TO DRAG THIS ON, 05:01.902 --> 05:05.136 align:start BUT IT'S A GOOD POINT, THE STATE 05:05.139 --> 05:06.771 align:start OF ARIZONA WHEN I WAS THERE, AND 05:06.774 --> 05:08.740 align:start I DON'T THINK IT'S GONE UP OR 05:08.743 --> 05:17.248 align:start DOWN, PUT IN $10 MILLION FOR 05:17.251 --> 05:18.983 align:start FINANCIAL AID TO STUDENTS. 05:18.986 --> 05:21.285 align:start TEXAS, A VERY CONSERVATIVE 05:21.288 --> 05:22.353 align:start STATE, PUTS IN 480 MILLION. 05:22.356 --> 05:26.357 align:start IT'S A BIG STATE. 05:26.360 --> 05:28.493 align:start NEW YORK PUTS IN OVER $500 05:28.496 --> 05:30.128 align:start MILLION FOR STUDENT EDUCATION, 05:30.131 --> 05:32.664 align:start FOR FINANCIAL AID. 05:32.667 --> 05:34.599 align:start IT'S COMPARING MAYBE APPLES THE 05:34.602 --> 05:40.705 align:start TO ORANGES WHEN YOU LACK AT THE 05:40.708 --> 05:41.272 align:start SIZE OF IT, BUT ARIZONA IS JUST 05:41.275 --> 05:42.373 align:start SHORT. 05:42.376 --> 05:43.307 align:start THEY HAPPEN TO BE CONTROLLED BY 05:43.310 --> 05:43.608 align:start THE REPUBLICANS, THEY DON'T 05:43.611 --> 05:56.954 align:start CARE. 05:56.957 --> 05:58.556 align:start THEY DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. 05:58.559 --> 06:00.158 align:start AND THEY HAVE THEIR ARGUMENTS. 06:00.161 --> 06:02.960 align:start WE HAVE A FINE YOUNG MAN WHO'S 06:02.963 --> 06:05.396 align:start BEEN A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMAN, 06:05.399 --> 06:10.001 align:start WHO SAYS HE WANTS EDUCATION, AND 06:10.004 --> 06:12.904 align:start WHAT DOES HE DO, HE CUTS THE 06:12.907 --> 06:16.674 align:start BUDGET OF $92 MILLION WHEN 06:16.677 --> 06:17.008 align:start THERE'S A SURPLUS OF OVER $100 06:17.011 --> 06:17.775 align:start MILLION. 06:17.778 --> 06:21.212 align:start I DON'T KNOW WHY. 06:21.215 --> 06:25.216 align:start >> WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE 06:25.219 --> 06:25.717 align:start COLLEGES AS AFFORDABLE AS 06:25.720 --> 06:26.751 align:start POSSIBLE. 06:26.754 --> 06:28.019 align:start THAT'S PROBABLY A FIGHT THAT 06:28.022 --> 06:36.027 align:start YOU'VE GOT TO REMEMBER. 06:36.030 --> 06:39.263 align:start WHY ISN'T THAT ON THE FRONT BUMP 06:39.266 --> 06:40.765 align:start BURNER FOR SOME OF THESE 06:40.768 --> 06:42.767 align:start REGENTS? 06:42.770 --> 06:48.740 align:start >> IT'S GOT TO BE MAKING THE 06:48.743 --> 06:51.275 align:start CASE BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT. 06:51.278 --> 06:54.045 align:start IT HAS BEEN RULED THAT THE BOARD 06:54.048 --> 06:55.013 align:start OF REGENTS ACT IN THAT CAPACITY 06:55.016 --> 06:57.382 align:start IN THAT CASE. 06:57.385 --> 07:00.918 align:start BUT THE ARGUMENT THE IN MY 07:00.921 --> 07:02.787 align:start OPINION WHEN I READ THE CASE, IS 07:02.790 --> 07:05.289 align:start NOT THE ARGUMENT I WOULD MAKE, 07:05.292 --> 07:07.058 align:start NOT THAT I'M THE MOST BRILLIANT 07:07.061 --> 07:09.827 align:start LAWYER, I HAVE TALKED TO OTHERS 07:09.830 --> 07:11.929 align:start WHO COULD MAKE A BETTER CASE, 07:11.932 --> 07:14.365 align:start THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A RELUCTANT 07:14.368 --> 07:15.900 align:start FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA TO BE 07:15.903 --> 07:17.902 align:start SUING THE ARIZONA GOVERNMENT AND 07:17.905 --> 07:19.370 align:start THE LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR 07:19.373 --> 07:19.804 align:start FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE 07:19.807 --> 07:26.444 align:start CONSTITUTION. 07:26.447 --> 07:30.081 align:start AND NOW THE BOARD IS MADE UP OF 07:30.084 --> 07:31.282 align:start IS MADE OF UP GOVERNMENT 07:31.285 --> 07:34.285 align:start APPOINTEES AND IT'S THEIR GOAL 07:34.288 --> 07:39.257 align:start TO DO THAT. 07:39.260 --> 07:40.358 align:start WHEN IT WAS A DEMOCRATIC 07:40.361 --> 07:41.092 align:start APPOINTEES, WITH LEGAL ADVICE, 07:41.095 --> 07:42.093 align:start APPOINTEES, WITH LEGAL ADVICE, 07:42.096 --> 07:43.294 align:start IT WAS ENOUGH TO CONVINCE THE 07:43.297 --> 07:44.696 align:start MAJORITY OF THE REUNDERS TO TAKE 07:44.699 --> 07:46.898 align:start THAT ACTION. 07:46.901 --> 07:47.765 align:start >> WHY ARE THE PRESIDENTS OF 07:47.768 --> 07:49.467 align:start UNIVERSITIES PAID SO MUCH? 07:49.470 --> 07:52.403 align:start >> WELL, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, 07:52.406 --> 07:54.672 align:start AND I STRUGGLED WITH IT, AND I 07:54.675 --> 07:56.641 align:start STRUGGLED WITH WHAT WE PAY OUR 07:56.644 --> 07:58.376 align:start COACHES, WHEN YOU'RE PAYING 07:58.379 --> 08:00.478 align:start MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A COACH 08:00.481 --> 08:01.846 align:start AND YOU'RE ASKING STUDENTS FOR A 08:01.849 --> 08:06.651 align:start 15% RAISE IN TUITION. 08:06.654 --> 08:09.420 align:start AND IT'S THE REALITY OF COLLEGE 08:09.423 --> 08:09.754 align:start LIFE, AND THE COMPETITION IN MY 08:09.757 --> 08:11.889 align:start OPINION. 08:11.892 --> 08:14.692 align:start AND TO GET THE QUALITY TEACHERS 08:14.695 --> 08:15.994 align:start LIKE PRESIDENT DEHART AND 08:15.997 --> 08:18.329 align:start PRESIDENT CROWE AND OUR NEW 08:18.332 --> 08:19.230 align:start PRESIDENT AT NAU, IT'S A 08:19.233 --> 08:22.266 align:start COMPETITIVE NATURE. 08:22.269 --> 08:23.968 align:start >> THE LAST ROUND OF STATE CUTS 08:23.971 --> 08:26.070 align:start RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF MORE 08:26.073 --> 08:28.906 align:start THAN 300 JOBS AT THE UNIVERSITY 08:28.909 --> 08:30.641 align:start OF ARIZONA AND THE U OF A WILL 08:30.644 --> 08:32.543 align:start RECEIVE MORE THAN $30 MILLION 08:32.546 --> 08:35.213 align:start LESS IN STATE FUNDING. 08:35.216 --> 08:37.315 align:start MANNY FELIX, YOU'RE THE STUDENT 08:37.318 --> 08:38.049 align:start BODY PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY 08:38.052 --> 08:40.051 align:start OF ARIZONA. 08:40.054 --> 08:40.718 align:start >> LAST TIME I CHECKED, YES. 08:40.721 --> 08:41.386 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. 08:41.389 --> 08:43.654 align:start >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 08:43.657 --> 08:45.723 align:start >> THE BOARD OF REGENTS ARE IN 08:45.726 --> 08:47.925 align:start TOWN AND EVERYONE ALWAYS THINKS 08:47.928 --> 08:49.160 align:start THEY'RE GOING TO BE TALKING 08:49.163 --> 08:50.028 align:start ABOUT IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT 08:50.031 --> 08:51.863 align:start AFFECT TUITION. 08:51.866 --> 08:55.867 align:start WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM YOUR 08:55.870 --> 08:56.501 align:start PEERS AT THE U OF A ABOUT FROM 08:56.504 --> 08:57.902 align:start THEIR PEERS. 08:57.905 --> 08:58.803 align:start >>> THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT 08:58.806 --> 09:00.571 align:start DISCUSSIONS GOING ON. 09:00.574 --> 09:02.573 align:start THERE'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT 09:02.576 --> 09:06.110 align:start TUITION, ABOUT "THE MATRIX," 09:06.113 --> 09:08.112 align:start ABOUT THE THREE UNIVERSITIES AND 09:08.115 --> 09:08.413 align:start ALSO ABOUT THE NEW FUNDING 09:08.416 --> 09:10.415 align:start MODEL. 09:10.418 --> 09:11.983 align:start SO THERE'S DEFINITELY A LOT OF 09:11.986 --> 09:14.452 align:start DISCUSSION GOING ON THAT ALWAYS 09:14.455 --> 09:16.621 align:start TIES BACK TO THE TUITION AND THE 09:16.624 --> 09:17.689 align:start BUDGET CUTS THAT WE EXPERIENCED 09:17.692 --> 09:19.691 align:start LAST YEAR. 09:19.694 --> 09:22.527 align:start THERE IS DISCUSSION ON IT, BUT 09:22.530 --> 09:24.429 align:start WE NEED TO FOCUS ON HOW WE MOVE 09:24.432 --> 09:24.996 align:start FORWARD INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON 09:24.999 --> 09:27.532 align:start THE PAST. 09:27.535 --> 09:28.866 align:start >> HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? 09:28.869 --> 09:31.803 align:start BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T NECESSARILY 09:31.806 --> 09:33.705 align:start SEEN DECLINING NUMBERS IN 09:33.708 --> 09:35.807 align:start ENROLLMENT, PEOPLE ARE TAKING 09:35.810 --> 09:36.507 align:start LESS CLASSES SO THEY CAN ENROLL 09:36.510 --> 09:38.476 align:start IN SCHOOL. 09:38.479 --> 09:41.079 align:start >> I HAVE DEFINITELY SEEN THAT, 09:41.082 --> 09:43.014 align:start AND JUST LISTENING TO 09:43.017 --> 09:43.715 align:start CONVERSATIONS FROM MY PEERS, I 09:43.718 --> 09:45.683 align:start CAN DEFINITELY SEE THAT. 09:45.686 --> 09:49.921 align:start BUT I THINK A VERY GOOD WAY TO 09:49.924 --> 09:50.621 align:start MOVE FORWARD IS THROUGH THE NEW 09:50.624 --> 09:52.357 align:start FUNDING MODEL. 09:52.360 --> 09:54.125 align:start FUNDING MODEL. 09:54.128 --> 09:56.427 align:start THE STATE FUNDS PAYS BE ABOUT 09:56.430 --> 09:58.629 align:start 30% OF A STUDENT'S TUITION AND 09:58.632 --> 10:02.200 align:start TO SLOWLY INCREASE THAT AMOUNT 10:02.203 --> 10:05.236 align:start CLOSE ER TO 50%, THAT WOULD BE A 10:05.239 --> 10:06.437 align:start MONUMENTAL THING TO DO IN MY 10:06.440 --> 10:07.171 align:start PERSPECTIVE, AND I THINK THAT'S 10:07.174 --> 10:08.106 align:start PERSPECTIVE, AND I THINK THAT'S 10:08.109 --> 10:10.541 align:start A GOOD WAY TO START FOR NOW. 10:10.544 --> 10:12.276 align:start THE WAY THAT WE MEASURE MATRIX, 10:12.279 --> 10:13.845 align:start THE WAY THAT WE MEASURE THE 10:13.848 --> 10:15.313 align:start QUALITY OF EDUCATION OF A 10:15.316 --> 10:16.547 align:start STUDENT, THAT'S ALSO BEING 10:16.550 --> 10:16.948 align:start TALKED ABOUT AND DISCUSSED 10:16.951 --> 10:19.217 align:start TODAY. 10:19.220 --> 10:21.853 align:start I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HAS WHAT 10:21.856 --> 10:23.221 align:start CONSTITUTES A QUALITY EDUCATION 10:23.224 --> 10:24.322 align:start AND EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN 10:24.325 --> 10:26.591 align:start OPINION ON THAT. 10:26.594 --> 10:27.759 align:start BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE COME 10:27.762 --> 10:29.727 align:start TO A CONSENSUS. 10:29.730 --> 10:31.929 align:start JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, HOW 10:31.932 --> 10:34.399 align:start DO WE MEASURE THE QUALITY OF 10:34.402 --> 10:36.868 align:start EDUCATION AND "THE MATRIX" FROM 10:36.871 --> 10:37.301 align:start THE THREE DIFFERENT 10:37.304 --> 10:38.269 align:start UNIVERSITIES. 10:38.272 --> 10:40.738 align:start >> YOU WORK WITH A LOT OF 10:40.741 --> 10:43.274 align:start DIFFERENT FOLKS HERE AT THE U OF 10:43.277 --> 10:43.908 align:start A, DOES EVERYONE SEEM TO 10:43.911 --> 10:45.376 align:start UNDERSTAND THE STUDENTS' 10:45.379 --> 10:47.412 align:start PERSPECTIVE AND THE FACT THAT 10:47.415 --> 10:52.383 align:start THE IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE TO GO 10:52.386 --> 10:55.019 align:start TO SCHOOL NOW? 10:55.022 --> 10:56.921 align:start >> ADMINISTRATORS ALWAYS KEEP 10:56.924 --> 10:58.156 align:start THAT IN MIND, NO ONE WANTS TO 10:58.159 --> 11:00.191 align:start SEE TUITION INCREASE. 11:00.194 --> 11:05.430 align:start THE GOAL IS TO HAVE TUITION AS 11:05.433 --> 11:07.231 align:start FREE AS POSSIBLE, BUT 11:07.234 --> 11:08.433 align:start UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO RAISE 11:08.436 --> 11:10.435 align:start TUITION, AND IN THE FUTURE TO 11:10.438 --> 11:13.271 align:start MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE AND FOR 11:13.274 --> 11:15.340 align:start EVERYONE TO RECEIVE A BETTER 11:15.343 --> 11:16.474 align:start QUALITY EDUCATION TO BE MORE 11:16.477 --> 11:19.377 align:start SUCCESSFUL AFTER COLLEGE AND GET 11:19.380 --> 11:21.179 align:start A JOB, AND JUST -- YOU KNOW THE 11:21.182 --> 11:23.247 align:start STORY, I BELIEVE WE DO LISTEN TO 11:23.250 --> 11:24.716 align:start THESE CONCERNS AND WITH WE TRY 11:24.719 --> 11:26.017 align:start TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS 11:26.020 --> 11:27.819 align:start POSSIBLE, BUT THEN AGAIN, WE 11:27.822 --> 11:29.954 align:start HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE 11:29.957 --> 11:30.521 align:start FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE 11:30.524 --> 11:33.057 align:start STUDENTS. 11:33.060 --> 11:36.627 align:start SO I THINK THE ADMINISTRATION 11:36.630 --> 11:37.862 align:start DOES A GOOD JOB WITH THAT, 11:37.865 --> 11:39.263 align:start ALWAYS KEEPS THE BEST INTERESTS 11:39.266 --> 11:40.631 align:start OF THE STUDENTS IN MIND. 11:40.634 --> 11:43.434 align:start >> THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THE 11:43.437 --> 11:45.670 align:start BOARD OF REGENTS ARE OFTEN 11:45.673 --> 11:46.070 align:start MAKING THESE CUTS TO HIGHER 11:46.073 --> 11:47.238 align:start EDUCATION. 11:47.241 --> 11:48.139 align:start DO YOU THINK THE STUDENTS EXPECT 11:48.142 --> 11:50.041 align:start TOO MUCH OF THE STATE WHEN 11:50.044 --> 11:51.376 align:start THEY'RE TRYING TO EARN A COLLEGE 11:51.379 --> 11:54.145 align:start DEGREE? 11:54.148 --> 11:55.546 align:start >> I THINK -- WE ALWAYS EXPECT 11:55.549 --> 11:57.515 align:start EVERYTHING TO GO PERFECTLY AND 11:57.518 --> 11:58.750 align:start WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, 11:58.753 --> 12:00.985 align:start THAT'S WHEN EVERYONE REALLY 12:00.988 --> 12:01.319 align:start STARTS TO PAYING ATTENTION TO 12:01.322 --> 12:03.154 align:start ISSUES. 12:03.157 --> 12:05.590 align:start AND I FEEL LIKE THAT'S THE 12:05.593 --> 12:07.191 align:start BIGGEST DOWNFALL THAT WE HAVE. 12:07.194 --> 12:08.426 align:start SO LAST YEAR WHEN THE BUDGET 12:08.429 --> 12:10.662 align:start CUTS HAPPENED. 12:10.665 --> 12:13.865 align:start YOU JUST READ THE HEADLINES, 12:13.868 --> 12:16.634 align:start WITH 100 MILLION BUDGET CUTS IN 12:16.637 --> 12:17.635 align:start ARIZONA, WITH HIGHER EDUCATION, 12:17.638 --> 12:20.138 align:start YOU SAY YOU KNOW WHAT? 12:20.141 --> 12:22.206 align:start IF THEY'RE NOT INVESTING IN MY 12:22.209 --> 12:24.742 align:start EDUCATION, WHY SHOULD I SHOW AN 12:24.745 --> 12:25.910 align:start INTEREST IN MY EDUCATION. 12:25.913 --> 12:28.513 align:start I TELL PEOPLE THAT, INSTEAD 12:28.516 --> 12:30.214 align:start OF -- THERE'S DEFINITELY, IT'S 12:30.217 --> 12:31.516 align:start UNFORTUNATE THAT THE BUDGET CUTS 12:31.519 --> 12:33.317 align:start WERE MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE, 12:33.320 --> 12:35.319 align:start BUT I THINK IT'S, LIKE I SAID, 12:35.322 --> 12:39.023 align:start HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS 12:39.026 --> 12:46.030 align:start POINT ON? 12:46.033 --> 12:50.501 align:start AND WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THAT. 12:50.504 --> 12:52.503 align:start WE SHOULDN'T BE UPSET ABOUT IT. 12:52.506 --> 12:53.905 align:start BUT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD IN THE 12:53.908 --> 12:55.039 align:start FUTURE, AND SLOWLY GET THAT 12:55.042 --> 12:58.509 align:start MONEY THAT WE WERE CUT AND 12:58.512 --> 13:00.978 align:start SLOWLY BRING I IT BACK TO HIGHER 13:00.981 --> 13:03.181 align:start EDUCATION OR HOW IS IT THAT WE 13:03.184 --> 13:05.416 align:start CAN HELP ARIZONA GROW AS A STATE 13:05.419 --> 13:07.185 align:start AND SEE THE QUALITY OF OUR 13:07.188 --> 13:09.620 align:start EDUCATION IN ARIZONA GO HIGHER. 13:09.623 --> 13:14.092 align:start >> THE ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT IS 13:14.095 --> 13:19.697 align:start A STUDENT RUN NEWSPAPER AND THIS 13:19.700 --> 13:22.133 align:start FALL THE PAPER RAN AN EDITORIAL 13:22.136 --> 13:22.900 align:start ASKING ADMINISTRAORS TO CUT 13:22.903 --> 13:25.003 align:start HIGHER EDUCATION. 13:25.006 --> 13:26.204 align:start >> WE TALKED ABOUT SINCE THE 13:26.207 --> 13:29.140 align:start INCREASE IN TUITION IN THE PAST 13:29.143 --> 13:30.375 align:start FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE HAD 13:30.378 --> 13:35.880 align:start DEFINITELY THE MOST IN TERMS OF 13:35.883 --> 13:38.483 align:start INFLATION AND NOT REALLY OTHER 13:38.486 --> 13:39.317 align:start COSTS, RISING TUITIONS FOR 13:39.320 --> 13:42.854 align:start STATES IN THE UNIVERSITY. 13:42.857 --> 13:44.822 align:start AS WELL AS THE MOST INCREASED 13:44.825 --> 13:47.325 align:start SPENDING PER STUDENT HEAD FOR 13:47.328 --> 13:49.360 align:start HIGHER LEARNING, SO IT'S KIND OF 13:49.363 --> 13:50.762 align:start WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH MORE AND 13:50.765 --> 13:51.963 align:start REALLY RECEIVING SO MUCH LESS, A 13:51.966 --> 13:54.766 align:start SITUATION THAT WE WERE A LITTLE 13:54.769 --> 13:57.035 align:start BIT SHOCKED TO REALLY LOOK AT 13:57.038 --> 13:58.269 align:start THE NUMBERS, ESPECIALLY 13:58.272 --> 14:03.107 align:start FOLLOWING THE FRINGE BUDGET CUTS 14:03.110 --> 14:10.515 align:start FROM THE GOVERNOR AS WELL AS THE 14:10.518 --> 14:12.483 align:start ABOR PLAN TO APPROVE THE SALARY 14:12.486 --> 14:14.452 align:start INCREASES FOR THE 2024-2025 14:14.455 --> 14:17.722 align:start PLAN. 14:17.725 --> 14:20.158 align:start >> THE BOARD OF REGENTS SAY WE 14:20.161 --> 14:25.063 align:start HAVE TO RAISE TUITION, AND THE 14:25.066 --> 14:31.269 align:start GOVERNOR SIGNS OFF ON IT. 14:31.272 --> 14:32.804 align:start IS IT FAIR TO GO TO THE REGENTS? 14:32.807 --> 14:34.005 align:start >> I THINK THAT WE WERE 14:34.008 --> 14:39.210 align:start DISAPPOINTED WITH THE HEADS OF 14:39.213 --> 14:40.878 align:start THE INSTITUTIONS THAT THEY WERE 14:40.881 --> 14:42.947 align:start WILLING TO TAKE THESE RAISES. 14:42.950 --> 14:45.683 align:start I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WERE 14:45.686 --> 14:46.050 align:start PARTICULARLY DISAPPOINTED IN AB 14:46.053 --> 14:47.919 align:start OR. 14:47.922 --> 14:49.754 align:start THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO MAINTAIN 14:49.757 --> 14:51.522 align:start THE BOTTOM LINE OF THE PUBLIC 14:51.525 --> 14:53.591 align:start UNIVERSITIES IN ARIZONA, KEEP IT 14:53.594 --> 14:55.893 align:start PROFITABLE SO THAT IT CAN 14:55.896 --> 14:56.627 align:start SUSTAIN ITSELF IN THE WAKE OF 14:56.630 --> 15:00.765 align:start THESE HORRIBLE BUDGET CUTS THAT 15:00.768 --> 15:04.602 align:start WE'RE EXPERIENCING. 15:04.605 --> 15:06.037 align:start BUT THE PRESIDENTS REALLY SHOULD 15:06.040 --> 15:07.472 align:start NOT HAVE AS THE HEAD OF THESE 15:07.475 --> 15:09.807 align:start INSTITUTIONS TAKEN THESE RAISES. 15:09.810 --> 15:12.043 align:start OBVIOUSLY RAISES TO THEIR 15:12.046 --> 15:15.346 align:start COMPENSATION COULDN'T HAVE SAVED 15:15.349 --> 15:18.449 align:start THE OVER 300 JOBS THAT WERE CUT 15:18.452 --> 15:18.883 align:start IN THE PAST FISCAL YEAR FROM OUR 15:18.886 --> 15:24.389 align:start UNIVERSITY. 15:24.392 --> 15:28.559 align:start AN INCREASED IN 20,000 IN 15:28.562 --> 15:30.695 align:start HOUSING ALLOWANCE AND CAR 15:30.698 --> 15:34.198 align:start ALLOWANCE. 15:34.201 --> 15:36.501 align:start AND SALARY ISN'T GOING TO PAY 15:36.504 --> 15:37.969 align:start FOR 375 FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS. 15:37.972 --> 15:40.304 align:start BUT IT'S JUST THE PRINCIPAL OF 15:40.307 --> 15:42.373 align:start THE MATTER, BUT THEY, AS THE 15:42.376 --> 15:43.908 align:start HEADS OF THESE INSTITUTIONS AND 15:43.911 --> 15:45.109 align:start THESE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS HAVE 15:45.112 --> 15:46.477 align:start BEEN ACTIVE LONG ENOUGH TO 15:46.480 --> 15:49.180 align:start UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE THERE 15:49.183 --> 15:51.182 align:start TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND TO 15:51.185 --> 15:53.084 align:start PROVIDE A SERVICE AND NOT TO GET 15:53.087 --> 15:53.751 align:start AN INCREASE IN PAY EVERY 15:53.754 --> 15:54.018 align:start QUARTER. 15:54.021 --> 15:55.353 align:start 6. 15:55.356 --> 15:57.288 align:start >> DO YOU THINK STUDENTS EXPECT 15:57.291 --> 16:02.593 align:start TOO MUCH OR ASK TOO MUCH OF THE 16:02.596 --> 16:04.362 align:start STATE AND THAT THEY SHOULD BE 16:04.365 --> 16:04.762 align:start TAKING ON MORE OF THESE COSTS 16:04.765 --> 16:08.700 align:start THEMSELVES? 16:08.703 --> 16:09.434 align:start >> I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK 16:09.437 --> 16:09.867 align:start THEY'RE ASKING TOO MUCH OF THE 16:09.870 --> 16:14.906 align:start STATE. 16:14.909 --> 16:16.541 align:start I'M PERSONALLY A BENEFACTOR TO 16:16.544 --> 16:18.876 align:start GET UNIVERSITIES TO GET MORE 16:18.879 --> 16:20.578 align:start MONEY FOR THE UNIVERSITIES. 16:20.581 --> 16:21.679 align:start I'M PART OF THE SCHOLARSHIP 16:21.682 --> 16:24.615 align:start PROGRAM, IT'S A QUARTER OF WHAT 16:24.618 --> 16:26.818 align:start IT USED TO BE AND IT CAN BARELY 16:26.821 --> 16:28.353 align:start COVER COURT COSTS AND MANDATORY 16:28.356 --> 16:30.555 align:start FEES AND ALL THE STUFF THAT'S 16:30.558 --> 16:32.390 align:start BEING BUILT AROUND TUITION 16:32.393 --> 16:34.459 align:start THAT'S AROUND TUITION THAT AB OR 16:34.462 --> 16:36.794 align:start IS APPROVING. 16:36.797 --> 16:38.296 align:start SO WE HAVE STUDENT WELLNESS 16:38.299 --> 16:40.031 align:start FEES, THE LAND GRANT FEES FOR 16:40.034 --> 16:42.567 align:start UNIVERSITY EXPANSION, THE IT 16:42.570 --> 16:44.235 align:start BOARD FEE, THE FRESHMAN FEE FOR 16:44.238 --> 16:50.541 align:start FRESHMAN STUDENTS, ALL OF THESE 16:50.544 --> 16:52.877 align:start FEES THAT ARE ON TOP OF TUITION 16:52.880 --> 16:54.178 align:start THAT'S NOT EXPLCITLY PART OF 16:54.181 --> 16:59.617 align:start TUITION. 16:59.620 --> 17:01.419 align:start SO WE HAVE THE BFA FILM PROGRAM, 17:01.422 --> 17:03.554 align:start THOSE STUDENTS ARE PAYING ABOUT 17:03.557 --> 17:05.323 align:start $2,000 IN COURSE FEES DURING THE 17:05.326 --> 17:09.360 align:start COURSE OF THEIR UNDERGRADUATE 17:09.363 --> 17:12.263 align:start YEAR, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO 17:12.266 --> 17:16.167 align:start SPEND 15,000 ON THEIR 17:16.170 --> 17:18.469 align:start UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAS WHICH IS 17:18.472 --> 17:20.338 align:start FOR FILMS. 17:20.341 --> 17:21.539 align:start WE NEED YOU TO PAY FOR ALL OF 17:21.542 --> 17:22.840 align:start THESE THINGS AND THEN YOU HAVE 17:22.843 --> 17:24.842 align:start TO PAY FOR ALL OF THESE THINGS 17:24.845 --> 17:27.345 align:start THAT YOU WANT TO DO, IF YOU WANT 17:27.348 --> 17:30.648 align:start TO TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE, THAT'S 17:30.651 --> 17:32.383 align:start A FEE, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A 17:32.386 --> 17:36.120 align:start COURSE THAT'S ONLINE AND IN 17:36.123 --> 17:41.392 align:start PERSON, THAT'S A FEE. 17:41.395 --> 17:43.628 align:start A IT'S NOT FEES THAT REALLY 17:43.631 --> 17:44.796 align:start PUBLIC EDUCATION WAS MEANT TO 17:44.799 --> 17:47.598 align:start BE. 17:47.601 --> 17:51.169 align:start >> A PROTEST FOR LOW WAGES, 17:51.172 --> 17:52.737 align:start TUITION INCREASES AND EMPLOYEE 17:52.740 --> 17:58.710 align:start LAYOFFS. 17:58.713 --> 17:58.943 align:start HERE'S SARAH NETHERTON AT U OF 17:58.946 --> 18:00.511 align:start A. 18:00.514 --> 18:03.014 align:start >> ACROSS THE BOARD, A LOT OF IT 18:03.017 --> 18:04.315 align:start IS FUNDING, WE AREN'T ELIGIBLE 18:04.318 --> 18:09.721 align:start FOR A LOT OF THE FINANCIAL AID 18:09.724 --> 18:11.356 align:start THAT YOU CAN GET AS AN 18:11.359 --> 18:13.524 align:start UNDERGRAD. 18:13.527 --> 18:15.093 align:start AND YOU CAN WORK, AND THAT'S 18:15.096 --> 18:17.095 align:start GOOD, BUT IT MAKES IT MORE 18:17.098 --> 18:18.096 align:start COLLAGING TO COMPLETE YOUR 18:18.099 --> 18:19.731 align:start STUDIES ON TIME. 18:19.734 --> 18:20.531 align:start IT'S JUST A BALANCE THAT WE HAVE 18:20.534 --> 18:35.213 align:start TO WALK AS FAR AS PAYING FOR 18:35.216 --> 18:37.849 align:start EDUCATION. 18:37.852 --> 18:42.387 align:start >> I READ A REPORT THAT SOME OF 18:42.390 --> 18:43.421 align:start THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN 18:43.424 --> 18:45.923 align:start OTHERS IN THE STATE. 18:45.926 --> 18:47.392 align:start >> WE'RE STUDENT WORKERS, WHICH 18:47.395 --> 18:50.361 align:start IS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY 18:50.364 --> 18:51.529 align:start BECAUSE IT DOES TRANSFER TO 18:51.532 --> 18:52.597 align:start EDUCATION, BUT IT'S A PART-TIME 18:52.600 --> 18:53.531 align:start JOB AND YOU DON'T MAKE ENOUGH TO 18:53.534 --> 18:56.067 align:start LIVE ON. 18:56.070 --> 18:57.969 align:start >> IT'S PRETTY COMMON FOR 18:57.972 --> 18:59.771 align:start GRADUATE STUDENTS TO HAVE A 18:59.774 --> 19:00.171 align:start FAMILY LIFE, HAVE SOME OTHER 19:00.174 --> 19:02.173 align:start EXPERIENCES. 19:02.176 --> 19:03.675 align:start YOU'RE A SINGLE MOM WITH TWO 19:03.678 --> 19:06.711 align:start SMALL CHILDREN. 19:06.714 --> 19:09.614 align:start HOW DO YOU MANAGE -- YOU JUST 19:09.617 --> 19:11.916 align:start EARNED YOUR MASTERS -- 19:11.919 --> 19:13.251 align:start >> A DOCTORAL DEGREE. 19:13.254 --> 19:15.053 align:start >> A DOCTORAL DEGREE. 19:15.056 --> 19:16.621 align:start HOW DO YOU MANAGE A LIFE OF 19:16.624 --> 19:18.923 align:start BEING A STUDENT AND HAVING A 19:18.926 --> 19:19.290 align:start DREAM OF SERVING IN A GREATER 19:19.293 --> 19:24.729 align:start CAPACITY? 19:24.732 --> 19:25.363 align:start >> VERY CAREFULLY WITH A LOT OF 19:25.366 --> 19:27.165 align:start TIME MANAGEMENT. 19:27.168 --> 19:28.666 align:start BUT AT THIS POINT, IT'S A 19:28.669 --> 19:31.402 align:start NECESSITY FOR ME, I GOT DIVORCED 19:31.405 --> 19:35.306 align:start AND REALIZED IN OUR ECONOMY I 19:35.309 --> 19:36.607 align:start COULD NOT MAKE A LIVING WITH AN 19:36.610 --> 19:38.309 align:start UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE. 19:38.312 --> 19:40.211 align:start I HAVE A HISTORY IN SOCIAL WORK 19:40.214 --> 19:42.280 align:start AND I WANT TO DO SOCIAL WORK AND 19:42.283 --> 19:42.613 align:start I CAN'T SUPPORT MY KIDS ON ONE 19:42.616 --> 19:46.951 align:start INCOME. 19:46.954 --> 19:52.490 align:start AND SO I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL. 19:52.493 --> 19:53.358 align:start AND SO IT'S KIND OF AN ODD 19:53.361 --> 19:54.058 align:start CATCH-22, THAT IN ORDER TO BE 19:54.061 --> 19:55.793 align:start CATCH-22, THAT IN ORDER TO BE 19:55.796 --> 19:57.662 align:start WITH YOUR CHILDREN, IN ORDER TO 19:57.665 --> 20:00.431 align:start EXCAVATE THE FAMILY, YOU NEED 20:00.434 --> 20:02.800 align:start HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT THAT WHOLE 20:02.803 --> 20:04.435 align:start PROCESS IS REALLY DIFFICULT TO 20:04.438 --> 20:17.949 align:start BALANCE WITH A FAMILY. 20:17.952 --> 20:20.451 align:start AND I WAS REALLY SURPRISED I GOT 20:20.454 --> 20:22.854 align:start MY UNDERGRAD HERE, BUT WHAT USED 20:22.857 --> 20:25.857 align:start TO BE THE NORMAL UNDERGRAD 20:25.860 --> 20:27.191 align:start STUDENT ARE NOT THE NORMAL 20:27.194 --> 20:30.094 align:start STUDENT. 20:30.097 --> 20:32.463 align:start YOU HAVE MORE UNDERGRADS ---KIND 20:32.466 --> 20:34.766 align:start OF REENVISIONS WHAT HIGHER 20:34.769 --> 20:36.234 align:start EDUCATION NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE I 20:36.237 --> 20:37.135 align:start THINK IS GOING TO BE KEY IN 20:37.138 --> 20:39.270 align:start ORDER TO COMPETE. 20:39.273 --> 20:44.842 align:start BUT IT'S A NECESSITY. 20:44.845 --> 20:46.144 align:start ESPECIALLY FOR A SINGLE FAMILY. 20:46.147 --> 20:47.311 align:start >> YOU JUST SAID IT'S A 20:47.314 --> 20:49.580 align:start NECESSARY THEITY. 20:49.583 --> 20:52.450 align:start SOME PEOPLE MIGHT SAY CHANGE 20:52.453 --> 20:55.219 align:start YOUR WAY OF LIFE, PUSH FOR 20:55.222 --> 20:57.689 align:start SPENDING IN OTHER PLACES, BUT 20:57.692 --> 21:00.391 align:start WHY PUSH FOR THIS NEW CAREER? 21:00.394 --> 21:03.561 align:start >> TRIED CUTTING MY SPENDING AND 21:03.564 --> 21:05.196 align:start I TRIED DOING EVERYTHING ELSE. 21:05.199 --> 21:08.032 align:start IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. 21:08.035 --> 21:10.001 align:start YOU'RE LIVING SO FAR BELOW THE 21:10.004 --> 21:10.301 align:start POVERTY LINE THAT YOU CAN'T 21:10.304 --> 21:12.270 align:start LIVE. 21:12.273 --> 21:14.839 align:start I WOULD HAVE HAD TO FORECLOSE ON 21:14.842 --> 21:20.044 align:start MY HOUSE, I SOLD MY CAR, I DID 21:20.047 --> 21:23.548 align:start ALL OF THE THINGS THAT I COULD 21:23.551 --> 21:24.582 align:start DO TO MAKE THINGS WORK AND IT'S 21:24.585 --> 21:26.551 align:start JUST NOT FEASIBLE. 21:26.554 --> 21:29.354 align:start >> YOU'RE GOING TO FINISH YOUR 21:29.357 --> 21:30.755 align:start PROGRAM OF STUDY SO YOU CAN HAVE 21:30.758 --> 21:31.622 align:start THE CAREER THAT YOU DREAMED OF. 21:31.625 --> 21:35.526 align:start >> YES, SO I CAN PROVIDE FOR MY 21:35.529 --> 21:38.796 align:start FAMILY. 21:38.799 --> 21:41.299 align:start >> THAT I'M NOT WORKING MAYBE 21:41.302 --> 21:43.034 align:start 100 HOURS A WEEK AT TWO OR THREE 21:43.037 --> 21:43.334 align:start SEPARATE JOBS AND NEVER SEE MY 21:43.337 --> 21:44.969 align:start KIDS. 21:44.972 --> 21:48.072 align:start SO I'M MAKING THE TRADEOFF NOW 21:48.075 --> 21:50.375 align:start AND GIVING UP A LOT OF THINGS 21:50.378 --> 21:55.079 align:start NOW SO THAT I CAN HAVE A MORE 21:55.082 --> 22:00.585 align:start STABLE LIFE LATER. 22:00.588 --> 22:04.622 align:start >> AND THE BUZZ NOW WITH MY 22:04.625 --> 22:07.859 align:start COLLEAGUE CHRISTOPHER CONOVER, 22:07.862 --> 22:09.494 align:start LOTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS WEEK. 22:09.497 --> 22:11.396 align:start >> THE ARIZONA STUDENT 22:11.399 --> 22:13.464 align:start ASSOCIATION IN 2013 FILED SUIT 22:13.467 --> 22:15.333 align:start AGAINST THE BOARD OF REGENTS 22:15.336 --> 22:16.968 align:start BECAUSE THE BOARD VOTED TO 22:16.971 --> 22:18.603 align:start CHANGE THE WAY THE FEE THAT 22:18.606 --> 22:20.605 align:start FUNDS THE ARIZONA STUDENT 22:20.608 --> 22:22.340 align:start ASSOCIATION IS COLLECTIVE, AND 22:22.343 --> 22:24.509 align:start THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION IS NOW 22:24.512 --> 22:26.978 align:start ESSENTIALLY BROKE AS A RESULT. 22:26.981 --> 22:28.613 align:start THE STUDENTS CLAIMED IT WAS 22:28.616 --> 22:30.982 align:start RETALIATION BECAUSE THEY 22:30.985 --> 22:33.951 align:start ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED IN 2012 FOR 22:33.954 --> 22:34.786 align:start THE EXTENSION OF THAT HALF CENT 22:34.789 --> 22:36.988 align:start SALES TAX. 22:36.991 --> 22:38.856 align:start GOVERNOR BREWER WAS VERY MUCH 22:38.859 --> 22:40.458 align:start AGAINST THE EXTENSION. 22:40.461 --> 22:43.094 align:start THE GOVERNOR SITS AS A MEMBER OF 22:43.097 --> 22:44.495 align:start THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THEY 22:44.498 --> 22:46.097 align:start SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE 22:46.100 --> 22:47.932 align:start OPPOSING THE GOVERNOR ACTIVELY 22:47.935 --> 22:49.634 align:start ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL, THE BOARD 22:49.637 --> 22:51.769 align:start OF REGENTS RETAILATED. 22:51.772 --> 22:52.770 align:start A LOWER COURT, A FEDERAL COURT 22:52.773 --> 22:55.006 align:start THREW IT OUT. 22:55.009 --> 22:55.940 align:start THIS IS NOT A FIRST AMENDMENT 22:55.943 --> 22:56.407 align:start RETALIATION CASE AND THREW THE 22:56.410 --> 22:59.944 align:start CASE OUT. 22:59.947 --> 23:01.346 align:start THE STUDENTS APPEALED TO THE 23:01.349 --> 23:03.047 align:start U.S. NINTH CIRCUIT AND THIS WEEK 23:03.050 --> 23:04.716 align:start THEY HEARD THE ARGUMENT, I 23:04.719 --> 23:07.518 align:start WATCHED THE ARGUMENTS AND TWO OF 23:07.521 --> 23:09.454 align:start THE JUDGES SEEMED TO SAY THAT 23:09.457 --> 23:11.289 align:start THEY BELIEVE THIS IS A 23:11.292 --> 23:13.257 align:start RETALIATION CASE. 23:13.260 --> 23:14.192 align:start NOW JUST BECAUSE JUDGES PUSHED 23:14.195 --> 23:15.593 align:start THEIR QUESTIONING THAT 23:15.596 --> 23:17.762 align:start PARTICULAR QUESTION FROM THE 23:17.765 --> 23:19.497 align:start BENCH IS NO GUARANTEE THAT 23:19.500 --> 23:20.131 align:start THAT'S HOW THEIR RULING WILL 23:20.134 --> 23:22.000 align:start COME DOWN. 23:22.003 --> 23:25.603 align:start IF THEY RULE IN FAVOR OF THE 23:25.606 --> 23:26.471 align:start STUDENTS, ALL IT MEANS IS IT 23:26.474 --> 23:27.138 align:start GOES BACK TO THE LOWER COURT, 23:27.141 --> 23:36.481 align:start FEDERAL COURT AND WE HAVE A 23:36.484 --> 23:38.116 align:start TRIAL. 23:38.119 --> 23:39.650 align:start >> COULD IT MEAN MORE DOLLARS? 23:39.653 --> 23:44.689 align:start >> THEY COULD GET MORE MONEY FOR 23:44.692 --> 23:46.858 align:start THE ARIZONA STUDENT ASSOCIATION. 23:46.861 --> 23:47.792 align:start IT WAS A $2 WHAT WAS CALLED 23:47.795 --> 23:50.962 align:start NEGATIVE CHECK OFF. 23:50.965 --> 23:52.864 align:start WHEN STUDENTS GOT THEIR TUITION 23:52.867 --> 23:59.037 align:start BILLS, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO PAY 23:59.040 --> 24:02.407 align:start THIS $2 TO THE STUDENT 24:02.410 --> 24:04.542 align:start ASSOCIATION, THIS IS A LOBBYING 24:04.545 --> 24:06.878 align:start GROUP FOR STUDENTS FOR STUDENTS 24:06.881 --> 24:08.246 align:start AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 24:08.249 --> 24:08.946 align:start >> MARIJUANA ALSO IN THE NEWS 24:08.949 --> 24:10.682 align:start THIS WEEK. 24:10.685 --> 24:12.550 align:start >> MARIJUANA, JUSTICE WEEK, WE 24:12.553 --> 24:14.485 align:start HAD AN OPINION FROM THE ARIZONA 24:14.488 --> 24:16.087 align:start SUPREME COURT, A UNANIMOUS 24:16.090 --> 24:18.256 align:start DECISION REGARDING MEDICAL 24:18.259 --> 24:19.857 align:start MARIJUANA AND DWI OR DUI. 24:19.860 --> 24:24.929 align:start TWO PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR 24:24.932 --> 24:26.831 align:start DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, AND 24:26.834 --> 24:29.500 align:start THEY WERE MEDICAL MARIJUANA CARD 24:29.503 --> 24:31.636 align:start HOLDER, WHICH MEANS LEGALLY THEY 24:31.639 --> 24:34.205 align:start COULD HAVE MEDICAL MARIJUANA. 24:34.208 --> 24:40.078 align:start THEY WERE ARRESTED FOR DUI, THEY 24:40.081 --> 24:41.446 align:start TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE 24:41.449 --> 24:42.380 align:start METABOLISM OF MARIJUANA IN THEIR 24:42.383 --> 24:44.916 align:start BLOOD. 24:44.919 --> 24:48.920 align:start THEY CHALLENGED THAT ARREST 24:48.923 --> 24:53.891 align:start SAYING WE CAN LEGALLY HAVE THOSE 24:53.894 --> 25:03.468 align:start METABOLITES IN OUR BLOOD BECAUSE 25:03.471 --> 25:06.137 align:start WE ARE A CARD HOLDER. 25:06.140 --> 25:08.539 align:start THOSE MARIJUANA METABOLITES STAY 25:08.542 --> 25:10.575 align:start IN YOUR BLOOD FOR A LONG TIME. 25:10.578 --> 25:15.646 align:start THEY SAID YOU COULD LEGALLY HAVE 25:15.649 --> 25:16.381 align:start THEM IN YOUR BLOOD, BUT THEY 25:16.384 --> 25:18.449 align:start DIDN'T OVERTURN THE CONVICTION. 25:18.452 --> 25:20.852 align:start OF IF YOU ARE IMPAIRED AND 25:20.855 --> 25:24.122 align:start YOU'RE ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA, YOU 25:24.125 --> 25:28.826 align:start ARE IMPAIRED. 25:28.829 --> 25:30.762 align:start WHAT IT ALLOWS LEGAL MEDICAL 25:30.765 --> 25:33.498 align:start MARIJUANA TO DO, IS TO PROVE 25:33.501 --> 25:35.199 align:start THAT YES THEY HAVE THE 25:35.202 --> 25:39.370 align:start METABOLITES IN THEIR BLOOD BUT 25:39.373 --> 25:41.639 align:start THEY WERE NOT IMPAIRED 25:41.642 --> 25:43.941 align:start NECESSARILY, BUT THEY HAVE TO 25:43.944 --> 25:48.446 align:start PROVE THAT IN COURT. 25:48.449 --> 25:49.847 align:start >> CAN YOU DRIVE UNDER THE 25:49.850 --> 25:52.417 align:start INFLUNS OF MARIJUANA? 25:52.420 --> 25:54.185 align:start >> IF YOU ARE DRIVING UNDER THE 25:54.188 --> 25:57.855 align:start INFLUENCE, IT'S ILLEGAL. 25:57.858 --> 26:00.658 align:start YOU CAN NOT DRIVE IMPAIRED. 26:00.661 --> 26:02.126 align:start IT'S ALL IN THE SAME CATEGORY. 26:02.129 --> 26:04.062 align:start >> JOINING OTHER GOVERNORS 26:04.065 --> 26:06.964 align:start ACROSS THE COUNTRY SAYING NO 26:06.967 --> 26:07.332 align:start MORE REFUGEES IN THIS COUNTRY 26:07.335 --> 26:09.367 align:start RIGHT NOW. 26:09.370 --> 26:10.568 align:start WHERE IS THAT RIGHT NOW? 26:10.571 --> 26:12.904 align:start >> EARLIER IN THE WEEK THE 26:12.907 --> 26:14.272 align:start GOVERNOR SENT A LETTER TO THE 26:14.275 --> 26:17.241 align:start WHITE HOUSE SAYING WE DON'T WANT 26:17.244 --> 26:19.944 align:start ANYMORE REFUGEES IN ARIZONA, NOT 26:19.947 --> 26:21.612 align:start SYRIAN, NOT AFGHANI, WHATEVER, 26:21.615 --> 26:24.549 align:start HE SAID NO MORE REFUGEES. 26:24.552 --> 26:26.384 align:start HE ENDED UP ON A CONFERENCE CALL 26:26.387 --> 26:27.518 align:start WITH WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS 26:27.521 --> 26:29.520 align:start TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIS SIDE AND 26:29.523 --> 26:30.888 align:start THEY EXPLAINED THEIR SIDE AND 26:30.891 --> 26:34.158 align:start THEIR SIDE WAS THERE IS A 26:34.161 --> 26:36.627 align:start PROCESS FOR VETTING THEM AND 26:36.630 --> 26:38.296 align:start WE'RE SENDING REFUGEES TO THE 26:38.299 --> 26:38.663 align:start VARIOUS STATES AS WE ALWAYS 26:38.666 --> 26:40.031 align:start HAVE. 26:40.034 --> 26:41.766 align:start >> DOES HE HAVE LEGAL RIGHT TO 26:41.769 --> 26:42.667 align:start DO THIS AS GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA? 26:42.670 --> 26:44.268 align:start >> NOT REALLY. 26:44.271 --> 26:47.271 align:start HE SAYS HE DOES. 26:47.274 --> 26:48.439 align:start BUT IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT 26:48.442 --> 26:56.814 align:start THE HISTORY, VERY RECENT HISTORY 26:56.817 --> 26:58.116 align:start OF COURT FACES, SD 1070. 26:58.119 --> 27:00.018 align:start THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WAS VERY 27:00.021 --> 27:01.152 align:start CLEAR THAT IMMIGRATION IS THE 27:01.155 --> 27:02.286 align:start PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL 27:02.289 --> 27:03.087 align:start GOVERNMENT NOT THE INDIVIDUAL 27:03.090 --> 27:06.724 align:start STATES. 27:06.727 --> 27:07.658 align:start THAT CAME OUT OF SD 107 0. 27:07.661 --> 27:09.060 align:start THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS 27:09.063 --> 27:09.794 align:start USING THAT OVER THE LATEST 27:09.797 --> 27:15.066 align:start IMMIGRATION ARGUMENTS GOING TO 27:15.069 --> 27:17.268 align:start THE SUPREME COURT. 27:17.271 --> 27:20.438 align:start TODAY FRIDAY, HE SENT ANOTHER 27:20.441 --> 27:21.806 align:start LETTER, WITH ADDITIONAL 27:21.809 --> 27:23.908 align:start GOVERNORS, ALL REPUBLICANS, SENT 27:23.911 --> 27:26.110 align:start A LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE, NOT 27:26.113 --> 27:29.881 align:start ONLY ASKING FOR NO MORE REFUGEES 27:29.884 --> 27:30.248 align:start BUT SUSPENDING ALL SYRIAN 27:30.251 --> 27:33.985 align:start REFUGEES. 27:33.988 --> 27:35.520 align:start >> THIS STORY GETTING A LOT OF 27:35.523 --> 27:37.588 align:start ATTENTION, THE BORDER POLICE ON 27:37.591 --> 27:39.390 align:start THE U.S.-MEXICO BORDER. 27:39.393 --> 27:41.025 align:start WE'LL WATCH THAT AND SEE HOW 27:41.028 --> 27:42.527 align:start THAT TRANSFORMS. 27:42.530 --> 27:45.730 align:start >> THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:45.733 --> 27:46.597 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC