WEBVTT 00:00.510 --> 00:04.600 the life a graduate student what cuts to higher education mean 00:04.600 --> 00:08.429 for the older student he won only wealthy people to be able to go to 00:08.429 --> 00:11.219 graduate school because those are the people whose families are supporting 00:11.219 --> 00:11.710 them 00:11.710 --> 00:15.099 from back home like if that's what you want and 00:15.099 --> 00:19.560 be honest about it state lawmakers meet with students but will it make a 00:19.560 --> 00:22.130 difference in the governor's budget proposal 00:22.130 --> 00:26.730 they fear that given what I've heard from those were behind closed doors for 00:26.730 --> 00:27.689 the budget together 00:27.689 --> 00:34.689 universities are going to come out it's very well 00:47.649 --> 00:51.780 proposed budget cuts to higher education striking a chord with graduate students 00:51.780 --> 00:53.269 throughout the state 00:53.269 --> 00:57.969 at the University of Arizona a grassroots organization called the Uwais 00:57.969 --> 01:02.430 organizing committee is pulling together in hopes of calling attention to what 01:02.430 --> 01:03.070 they say 01:03.070 --> 01:07.009 are low living wages here's a story up bro clover 01:07.009 --> 01:12.340 a graduate student in the gender and women's studies program 01:12.340 --> 01:16.840 I'm from Santa Cruz Calif I was working and started doing graduate school 01:16.840 --> 01:21.430 in San Francisco I went to University in the time when prime 01:21.430 --> 01:25.970 UC Santa Cruz and and majored in American Studies and are 01:25.970 --> 01:30.540 I think actually some I career aspirations changed a lot after had a 01:30.540 --> 01:31.160 daughter 01:31.160 --> 01:34.530 I think I just became more kinda empowered in the idea that I could 01:34.530 --> 01:36.440 contribute and I can make a difference 01:36.440 --> 01:40.490 and I've always loved being in the classroom like colleges where 01:40.490 --> 01:44.170 is where I was politicized and we're kind of learned 01:44.170 --> 01:48.490 I think to kinda critically intervening in situations that are 01:48.490 --> 01:51.840 better social that are shared you know on and 01:51.840 --> 01:55.040 so I wanted I wanted to contribute to that I wanted to keep going 01:55.040 --> 02:00.080 and that's why I applied to on gender women's studies programs and 02:00.080 --> 02:05.170 and hope to be a college professor Arizona the school that mean it offers 02:05.170 --> 02:09.100 so so this is the place and it kind of it am in some other studies that I was 02:09.100 --> 02:12.890 doing this program has had addressed in transnational feminism and 02:12.890 --> 02:16.700 on and that's prime interest turning to social movement history and 02:16.700 --> 02:20.180 I teach that in the classroom or that's my top when I was able to develop my own 02:20.180 --> 02:21.050 classed 02:21.050 --> 02:26.060 1 this is my sixth here so my main task right now is working on my dissertation 02:26.060 --> 02:27.819 and I've been working on 02:27.819 --> 02:31.480 and I've done some archival research I have a little bit more to do 02:31.480 --> 02:35.670 visiting archives this spring and what I'm doing is kind of drying out social 02:35.670 --> 02:37.909 movement history's mysteries the feminist movement fat 02:37.909 --> 02:40.980 haven't really being addressed yet 02:40.980 --> 02:44.349 in in academic and and it really in other materials 02:44.349 --> 02:49.230 kinda like lost all pieces that I've been able to find so how's school 02:49.230 --> 02:52.260 the afternoon pending are 02:52.260 --> 02:55.430 our time and 02:55.430 --> 03:00.180 I would say it's and it's pretty common your site to come with me maybe two 03:00.180 --> 03:03.569 that's one thing we were talking about was how many meetings she's been to 03:03.569 --> 03:07.370 I mean there's constant me extra stuff that I'm doing so yeah I try to kind of 03:07.370 --> 03:08.209 work that in 03:08.209 --> 03:11.239 but and so if I'm going committee one-on-one 03:11.239 --> 03:14.419 sometimes bus stop by my place an 03:14.419 --> 03:18.219 in set up a meeting at the office or I'm not exactly with me 03:18.219 --> 03:23.120 times the meeting happening are you back on them 03:23.120 --> 03:26.159 him to get back on and my family and on the road 03:26.159 --> 03:29.489 life is a graduate student its kinda frazzled you know 03:29.489 --> 03:33.069 but there's a lot of different stuff going on science keep a calendar 03:33.069 --> 03:36.120 other times it feels like you know for our 03:36.120 --> 03:40.099 our summers are winter breaks often you know %ah make a plan to stay 03:40.099 --> 03:44.019 will this ten days I'm really just gonna stay home and I'm just gonna be writing 03:44.019 --> 03:47.069 I'm really getting working I'm I'm not gonna do 03:47.069 --> 03:50.379 all extraneous work if I can 03:50.379 --> 03:53.579 Amaral are put into smaller chunks and 03:53.579 --> 03:57.269 that is challenging with the kid so it had to like work on that with my 03:57.269 --> 03:57.799 daughter 03:57.799 --> 04:00.840 she's used to see me where and 04:00.840 --> 04:04.009 a lot of times I'll just build in Savannah breaking our day 04:04.009 --> 04:07.970 but I'll have her doing activities or it could be a playdate with a friend or 04:07.970 --> 04:09.239 something she was somewhere else 04:09.239 --> 04:12.419 or even like right now right there in the room they're watching the Jets and 04:12.419 --> 04:15.729 I'll do that from maybe an hour I'll do something and I'll say well let's go 04:15.729 --> 04:16.489 take a walk 04:16.489 --> 04:20.680 you know so I have to be a little bit more like multitasking 04:20.680 --> 04:25.159 maybe that some students are but its you know on some level it's not that 04:25.159 --> 04:27.139 different from being a working mom in other ways 04:27.139 --> 04:28.120 I think that a lot of 04:28.120 --> 04:31.949 were or a working parent who is really in you know spending much time to get a 04:31.949 --> 04:33.560 lot of people have to work out you know 04:33.560 --> 04:40.560 flexible job so it's kinda like that I don't think that it's made to be 04:40.590 --> 04:44.130 it's not need to be that from me rate it's not really need to be something 04:44.130 --> 04:45.180 that everyone can do 04:45.180 --> 04:47.820 my own departments concerned that they're not going to be able to offer 04:47.820 --> 04:49.919 all the graduate students jobs next year 04:49.919 --> 04:53.310 so they've already told the students like me you're at a more senior level 04:53.310 --> 04:57.479 to be seriously seeking every option for me 04:57.479 --> 05:00.400 you know this has been a plan for a while to be looking at it I guess the 05:00.400 --> 05:01.270 question is 05:01.270 --> 05:04.979 if I can get the job in applying for right now it kinda another fitting 05:04.979 --> 05:06.289 position: doesn't come up 05:06.289 --> 05:09.320 you know I look for a look for agitating work for share 05:09.320 --> 05:13.479 a look to see and number of colleges if I could do I'm so mad Genting 05:13.479 --> 05:17.669 it those things fall through is there a jam in the university that I could find 05:17.669 --> 05:18.830 like teaching 05:18.830 --> 05:22.729 on it wouldn't even have to be in my department you know teaching at 05:22.729 --> 05:27.120 basically as an adjunct and elsewhere in the University in my mind I can't have a 05:27.120 --> 05:27.889 tiered 05:27.889 --> 05:31.930 list stove what would be ideal and then what comes down from that 05:31.930 --> 05:37.040 and really none of them are completely ideal here 05:37.040 --> 05:39.970 hear that word just students like 05:39.970 --> 05:43.870 water the assumptions that come along with that d1 only wealthy people to be 05:43.870 --> 05:46.650 able to go to graduate school because those are the people whose families are 05:46.650 --> 05:47.610 supporting them 05:47.610 --> 05:51.010 from back home like if that's what you want and 05:51.010 --> 05:55.530 be honest about it mean if we're gonna be we are students and your workers 05:55.530 --> 05:58.810 be are actually workers make the University run 05:58.810 --> 06:02.630 we need to be fairly compensated there needs to be a realistic picture 06:02.630 --> 06:06.710 for how graduate students are gonna make it through that five years I guess if I 06:06.710 --> 06:08.840 was a student who was really thinking 06:08.840 --> 06:12.880 financially principally financially 06:12.880 --> 06:16.810 I don't think that I would be in this profession and within this profession I 06:16.810 --> 06:18.800 wouldn't be in this field 06:18.800 --> 06:21.990 having said that I don't wanna live in poverty 06:21.990 --> 06:25.270 and and I don't want the people around me to do so 06:25.270 --> 06:28.530 have seen a number of teachers I'm 06:28.530 --> 06:32.450 leave the profession at a necessity this is definitely me 06:32.450 --> 06:36.410 not something that you would take on if he didn't love it and want to do it 06:36.410 --> 06:41.610 not in my field 06:41.610 --> 06:45.479 a handful of state lawmakers say they are committed to fighting for students 06:45.479 --> 06:46.900 in the state legislature 06:46.900 --> 06:50.090 one of them is House Minority Leader Eric Meyer 06:50.090 --> 06:54.129 my colleague Christopher conover met with the house democrat on Thursday 06:54.129 --> 06:56.250 at the capitol 06:56.250 --> 06:59.430 past budget cuts total about three hundred million dollars to 06:59.430 --> 07:04.639 the university's we've made also pretty massive cuts the community colleges 07:04.639 --> 07:09.110 this budget includes at least the governor's budget includes another $75 07:09.110 --> 07:10.190 million in cuts 07:10.190 --> 07:14.270 to universities in a fifty percent cut to the community colleges 07:14.270 --> 07:17.460 and the result a bad as we've seen 07:17.460 --> 07:21.139 tuition increases you know when we 07:21.139 --> 07:24.870 make these types of cuts there's nowhere for the universities to go 07:24.870 --> 07:29.830 but you know increase class size for these programs and increase tuition so 07:29.830 --> 07:33.570 Arizona has seen the largest tuition increases 07:33.570 --> 07:36.720 have almost any statement country I'm which 07:36.720 --> 07:40.030 is in the right direction to go if we want our kids to be prepared for the 07:40.030 --> 07:40.830 work force 07:40.830 --> 07:44.810 I'm you know we have to use our colleges and community colleges to 07:44.810 --> 07:47.970 to train them for the jobs that are available in our economy 07:47.970 --> 07:51.340 Board of Regents is indicated as hat 07:51.340 --> 07:54.880 for university presidents they do not wanna do 07:54.880 --> 07:57.940 tuition increases this coming year 07:57.940 --> 08:01.479 I think they're off the table 08:01.479 --> 08:05.010 we won't right know for sure until it actually happens but they certainly 08:05.010 --> 08:06.599 appear off the table 08:06.599 --> 08:12.000 how do you was a member of the legislature work with a budget and pass 08:12.000 --> 08:15.050 a budget knowing that the universities are going to increase which means this 08:15.050 --> 08:17.919 is going to be a real cut I 08:17.919 --> 08:21.090 know it's going to be real cut I mean if you don't increase tuition you have to 08:21.090 --> 08:24.210 find savings elsewhere in seventy five million dollars is a lot to say 08:24.210 --> 08:27.370 particularly if you've already made cuts so if 08:27.370 --> 08:30.550 there are going to be tuition increases which I hope there's not i mean it's 08:30.550 --> 08:33.140 gotten so expensive for middle-class Americans to 08:33.140 --> 08:36.440 arizonans to send their kids to college I'm 08:36.440 --> 08:39.289 they're gonna have to do things like increase class size when I was on the 08:39.289 --> 08:39.959 school board 08:39.959 --> 08:43.349 in Scottsdale it's exactly the same thing we have to do 08:43.349 --> 08:47.620 we wanted to keep keep functioning within the budget 08:47.620 --> 08:50.080 we have the same number kids 08:50.080 --> 08:54.100 and a lower amount of revenue coming into the district we had increase class 08:54.100 --> 08:54.680 size 08:54.680 --> 08:58.210 and reduce programs and change schedules I'm 08:58.210 --> 09:02.600 and find efficiencies I mean we started turning the air conditioning of 09:02.600 --> 09:05.720 soon as school was out I'm changed our bus routes 09:05.720 --> 09:09.740 I'm universities have done a lot of those things 09:09.740 --> 09:12.990 they're also hoping that if they get some regulatory reform 09:12.990 --> 09:16.640 they may be able to make changes I'm some other professors aren't so happy 09:16.640 --> 09:19.779 about that potentially because it'll change that pension plans 09:19.779 --> 09:24.550 for them so we'll see how that goes the budget as a whole 09:24.550 --> 09:28.470 we're facing potentially what is projected to be a billion-dollar 09:28.470 --> 09:33.460 shortfall obviously the the low-hanging fruit the easy cuts %uh 09:33.460 --> 09:37.330 long been taken care of in state government you remember the minority 09:37.330 --> 09:41.190 but still a member at the legislature active in the budget process 09:41.190 --> 09:44.870 how do you cut a billion dollars out of the budget 09:44.870 --> 09:48.830 or deal with the billion dollar hole maybe it's not all cuts 09:48.830 --> 09:52.020 in a realistic responsible way well 09:52.020 --> 09:55.839 what r caucasus talked about doing is a work in a bipartisan way and 09:55.839 --> 09:59.820 the way we have in the past two years to get things pass that are good for the 09:59.820 --> 10:00.370 state 10:00.370 --> 10:04.890 second way is to look at everything everything's gotta be on the table on 10:04.890 --> 10:06.480 whether that's tax credits 10:06.480 --> 10:09.720 sentencing reform for prisons you know we're gonna spend 10:09.720 --> 10:12.790 another 100 million over the next three years in this budget 10:12.790 --> 10:17.110 and prison cells private prison cells and my mind I'd rather educate and 10:17.110 --> 10:17.880 incarcerate 10:17.880 --> 10:21.440 we need to look at that other states have done sentencing reform that has 10:21.440 --> 10:22.240 allowed them 10:22.240 --> 10:26.320 had to change the way they people on probation 10:26.320 --> 10:30.290 sentencing reform so that they don't spend that money and prisons and the 10:30.290 --> 10:34.010 those are long term contract it's a 20-year contracts gonna cost 10:34.010 --> 10:38.290 about 1.45 billion dollars over those twenty years for the prisons I'd rather 10:38.290 --> 10:39.070 spend that 10:39.070 --> 10:43.320 I our universities I'm so there's a whole bunch of things that 10:43.320 --> 10:48.020 now we could look at some others have been taken off the table by the governor 10:48.020 --> 10:49.269 if you 10:49.269 --> 10:52.449 I wants a bipartisan solution I think we'll have to negotiate 10:52.449 --> 10:57.149 what will stay and what will go and and how will get there talking about prisons 10:57.149 --> 11:00.760 Sheriff Bob you share for pile both come out 11:00.760 --> 11:04.130 to the surprise of some people's a private prisons are not what 11:04.130 --> 11:09.089 Arizona needs yet there in the budget were you surprised to hear 11:09.089 --> 11:14.389 to very Republican County Sheriff's with that was some higher profiles come out 11:14.389 --> 11:17.920 and say no to the governor well I think 11:17.920 --> 11:21.089 all of us are concerned about our taxpayer dollars are spent 11:21.089 --> 11:25.860 they have found ways within their prison system and they have some empty cells 11:25.860 --> 11:31.000 and that could be used to incarcerate someone the people that are going to 11:31.000 --> 11:31.579 prison 11:31.579 --> 11:35.279 and so I think we should be looking at those solutions and 11:35.279 --> 11:40.000 I think they'd don't wanna see our tax dollars wasted dislike I don't and 11:40.000 --> 11:44.010 so you know they have offered some solutions up hopefully 11:44.010 --> 11:47.250 director Ryan and the governor will look at those and see if they're viable 11:47.250 --> 11:51.670 and can save arizonans tax dollars or keep dollars in our state rather than 11:51.670 --> 11:52.940 going to private prisons 11:52.940 --> 11:57.149 looking at the budget be at higher education K-twelve 11:57.149 --> 12:00.610 any parts %uh the budget as he said it's very complicated 12:00.610 --> 12:04.860 it's a big document when you saw the governor's suggestion 12:04.860 --> 12:08.910 his budget when you saw what has begun moving through 12:08.910 --> 12:12.880 committee so anything good in there anything you like yeah 12:12.880 --> 12:16.690 oh yeah there's there's good things and they're a.m. there's a lot of things I 12:16.690 --> 12:17.480 don't like 12:17.480 --> 12:22.180 I mean I would make different choices but they're things for 12:22.180 --> 12:24.640 protecting children to disabilities 12:24.640 --> 12:28.940 looking there were no cuts to and the Department of Child Services there's 12:28.940 --> 12:33.250 so there's things in there where certain group of people that are very vulnerable 12:33.250 --> 12:34.590 are protected 12:34.590 --> 12:39.170 I'm what I didn't like was the the cuts education and the cuts to health care 12:39.170 --> 12:43.060 provider cut to health care 3 percent provider 12:43.060 --> 12:47.330 cut will save the state about thirty million dollars but will lose two 12:47.330 --> 12:49.770 hundred million dollars in federal matching funds 12:49.770 --> 12:53.660 and that world impact the hospital's interstate 12:53.660 --> 12:57.490 particular in rural areas make it more difficult for them to operate 12:57.490 --> 13:02.900 the cuts 2k12 I'm you know it's about a thirteen million dollar cut 2k12 13:02.900 --> 13:06.760 we should be going the other direction we're very have four billion dollars in 13:06.760 --> 13:09.670 cuts to work a 12 system and when I was on the school board 13:09.670 --> 13:13.750 had a layup hundreds teachers and 40 percent over administrators 13:13.750 --> 13:17.790 or thereabouts 0 I'm you know we're in a pretty deep hole 13:17.790 --> 13:21.730 and we need it start working our way out that's our class sizes come down our 13:21.730 --> 13:26.860 graduation rates increase our kids are prepared to go on to college 13:26.860 --> 13:30.710 assistant Senate minority leader Steve Farley met with graduate students this 13:30.710 --> 13:31.310 week 13:31.310 --> 13:37.089 hearing first-hand what their concerns are here again is Christopher Conover 13:37.089 --> 13:40.430 the bad news for people care about education Arizona is that the cuts will 13:40.430 --> 13:43.300 probably be more severe than what the governor has proposed 13:43.300 --> 13:47.050 my understanding is there they're already won the governor's budget came 13:47.050 --> 13:47.460 out 13:47.460 --> 13:50.540 they had some revenue projections and 13:50.540 --> 13:54.520 caseload projections and school enrollment projections that were much 13:54.520 --> 13:55.430 more optimistic 13:55.430 --> 13:58.620 then the legislative joint Budget Committee 13:58.620 --> 14:01.810 so considering that 14:01.810 --> 14:05.930 the person with the most experience in either the Senate the house or the 14:05.930 --> 14:08.070 governor's office is now senator pigs 14:08.070 --> 14:12.580 I think he'll be the piracy and I me with every Wednesday we talk with them 14:12.580 --> 14:13.680 it's pretty clear that 14:13.680 --> 14:17.490 they're going to be cutting more than the governor suggested 14:17.490 --> 14:21.050 and the odds-on favorite for the place 14:21.050 --> 14:25.500 where the cuts will come from will be the university's with 14:25.500 --> 14:30.700 the the university's they've taken big cuts over the last couple of years 14:30.700 --> 14:35.890 more cuts coming we graduate students up around the capital today 14:35.890 --> 14:41.330 met with you yes is their message being received at all or are they just getting 14:41.330 --> 14:45.290 to spend a day maybe two or three days over the session walking the halls 14:45.290 --> 14:48.520 it's being received by me it's being received by my colleagues 14:48.520 --> 14:52.740 on the democratic side sadly I think the people the majority here 14:52.740 --> 14:57.490 art do not value education as the key economic generator for the state that it 14:57.490 --> 14:57.890 is 14:57.890 --> 15:01.200 some other think I didn't go to college 15:01.200 --> 15:04.310 I didn't need the help I don't want to give all this money the spoiled brat 15:04.310 --> 15:06.230 kids in some cases ever actually 15:06.230 --> 15:09.650 those words being used I'll but 15:09.650 --> 15:14.050 for most people who have a more nuanced thinking about 15:14.050 --> 15:17.620 economic development we understand that the university's 15:17.620 --> 15:21.690 in our state were the original economic development tool 15:21.690 --> 15:25.300 and they still are that's what we're training the people to become the 15:25.300 --> 15:25.850 high-wage 15:25.850 --> 15:29.370 boys in the future so the businesses come here and find great people hire 15:29.370 --> 15:32.709 that's where we're bringing the the new entrepreneurs 15:32.709 --> 15:36.390 who will create great discoveries while they're at the university's 15:36.390 --> 15:39.920 and then bring those into new businesses with new industries 15:39.920 --> 15:43.640 we having the thought of yet they could be headquartered here in Arizona that he 15:43.640 --> 15:44.100 is 15:44.100 --> 15:46.329 how you create economic development 15:46.329 --> 15:50.220 jobs in a good economy in the state and when you cut back on universities 15:50.220 --> 15:54.049 you're potentially cutting back on your entire future possibility 15:54.049 --> 15:57.360 that's a problem it's a big problem and I i 15:57.360 --> 16:01.809 that standing up strongly against it but I fear that given what I've heard from 16:01.809 --> 16:05.910 those were behind closed doors for the budget together universities are going 16:05.910 --> 16:07.160 to come out of this very well 16:07.160 --> 16:12.540 if the a Senate pager house page comes to you and says 16:12.540 --> 16:15.670 center for leon thinking about going to 16:15.670 --> 16:18.949 to to the University for my undergraduate degree be a 16:18.949 --> 16:22.029 University of Arizona Arizona State an AU 16:22.029 --> 16:25.790 or maybe four a graduate degree I'm about 16:25.790 --> 16:29.899 to finish up my time as an undergraduate can you recommend 16:29.899 --> 16:33.100 that they stay in-state go to one at the bar or every week and because we have 16:33.100 --> 16:34.939 amazing universities here in this state 16:34.939 --> 16:38.569 they're doing incredible things in an environment in which they are not being 16:38.569 --> 16:40.589 supported by the legislature the governor 16:40.589 --> 16:45.129 and I i that that this testament to the kind of 16:45.129 --> 16:48.499 administrative power and teaching power that they have 16:48.499 --> 16:52.829 so it's still there still excellent institutions we really put all of them 16:52.829 --> 16:53.419 at risk 16:53.419 --> 16:57.399 if we continue to cut year after year reporting the buildings at risk we don't 16:57.399 --> 17:00.089 have building renewal funds that are in there so there's 17:00.089 --> 17:03.360 h-back systems and replacement this group that 17:03.360 --> 17:06.360 patching there's all sorts of things that need to get done 17:06.360 --> 17:09.630 and we're not paying for and I don't wanna 17:09.630 --> 17:13.089 I don't buy into that whole line to hear from the majority for the governor that 17:13.089 --> 17:14.089 we just don't have them 17:14.089 --> 17:17.209 the fact is we have made choices 17:17.209 --> 17:21.519 to spend our money on large corporate giveaway 17:21.519 --> 17:24.610 at tax cuts that that 17:24.610 --> 17:28.539 it most gotta stay we have no guarantee is that they have produced 17:28.539 --> 17:33.019 any kind of job job return any kind of economic return 17:33.019 --> 17:36.610 we're just giving way to moneyweek fact we've we've given up more than $4 17:36.610 --> 17:37.919 billion dollars a year 17:37.919 --> 17:42.080 in revenues since 1990 in tax cuts alone 17:42.080 --> 17:46.429 and we have another 883 million that haven't even phased in yet 17:46.429 --> 17:49.820 over the next three years we can make the choice 17:49.820 --> 17:53.139 thank Governor Brewer said we should suspend those future tax cuts 17:53.139 --> 17:57.190 she said on her way out of office unfortunately governors he doesn't want 17:57.190 --> 17:58.559 to have a conversation 17:58.559 --> 18:03.200 and certainly Center big doesn't have a conversation a regular gallon we need to 18:03.200 --> 18:05.899 look at how we can have sustainable revenues 18:05.899 --> 18:09.559 to invest in the stuff we need to continue growing because if we don't 18:09.559 --> 18:12.720 a low tax climate is an all you need 18:12.720 --> 18:15.670 to be able to develop 18:15.670 --> 18:19.760 the graduate students visited the state Capitol on Thursday and say they plan to 18:19.760 --> 18:21.040 travel to the capital 18:21.040 --> 18:25.580 every week to talk one-on-one with lawmakers Christopher conover has more 18:25.580 --> 18:28.040 on their story 18:28.040 --> 18:30.910 we're getting cuter sup 2 /sup reception so far the day 18:30.910 --> 18:35.070 here in our concerns about how budget cuts could affect graduate business 18:35.070 --> 18:36.890 students in particular but also the 18:36.890 --> 18:41.350 universities in of the state of Arizona so one example that we've given 18:41.350 --> 18:45.330 one dollar spent represents a six dollar return on investments over cutting lots 18:45.330 --> 18:46.680 of money from our universities 18:46.680 --> 18:49.480 we're gonna read dues the return on investment so we're very concerned about 18:49.480 --> 18:49.990 that 18:49.990 --> 18:55.550 with I'll lawmakers in particular they get lots of people coming through their 18:55.550 --> 18:56.190 door 18:56.190 --> 18:59.960 usually lined up outside pretty much hope for you that they'll listen to you 18:59.960 --> 19:01.860 guys are up here day maybe two 19:01.860 --> 19:05.420 going all such hope bill you'll get actually 19:05.420 --> 19:09.050 listen to I will I'll is a doubt my dad's quote 19:09.050 --> 19:12.970 my dad says the only practical way to live is to be positive 19:12.970 --> 19:16.770 so we have to be positive we have to be hopeful that our efforts and our efforts 19:16.770 --> 19:20.620 last week and next week in the following weeks as we said it's a message that 19:20.620 --> 19:23.720 house case is very important I mean you invest it is 19:23.720 --> 19:26.620 is a good one healthy the message gets through for a lot to really good people 19:26.620 --> 19:27.820 that are I know in these 19:27.820 --> 19:31.550 these holes if the cuts go through 19:31.550 --> 19:37.120 as they're written what do you see happening at UA and frankly and colleges 19:37.120 --> 19:40.830 the other the other two in a statement really you I want to see happen 19:40.830 --> 19:44.730 well I you probably have a lot of staff 19:44.730 --> 19:48.570 with this their positions hours in Stafford St take on lot more 19:48.570 --> 19:52.410 I may be graduate assistants to really teach about 35 percent of offers and 19:52.410 --> 19:53.430 secure courses 19:53.430 --> 19:56.980 at Universal Arizona they might be asked to do a little bit more I'm so 19:56.980 --> 20:00.820 the people Tuesday that the more work and as far as more work 20:00.820 --> 20:04.530 you wonder about how well one graduate student for example 20:04.530 --> 20:09.320 teach you know more students from places like Phoenix and the rest to the state 20:09.320 --> 20:09.680 so 20:09.680 --> 20:13.380 a discussion about overall quality of the education with the 20:13.380 --> 20:16.830 with the concern of the overall quality based on 20:16.830 --> 20:20.300 cuts in the past these potential 20:20.300 --> 20:24.330 likely cuts some level this year as 20:24.330 --> 20:29.330 graduate student finish up you know new students coming through in the spring 20:29.330 --> 20:32.610 and says to you hey I'm thinking about going here can 20:32.610 --> 20:36.640 can you tell 'em the outcome what number three universal them 20:36.640 --> 20:40.140 well I mean I'm bias nearly three hours a night is the outcome you're going with 20:40.140 --> 20:41.140 10 top-10 20:41.140 --> 20:44.480 20 top programs the United States by any ranking the top one percent interest in 20:44.480 --> 20:45.160 the world 20:45.160 --> 20:49.010 that's not going to go away but the more we cut hard it is to keep those things 20:49.010 --> 20:50.240 up so I think the 20:50.240 --> 20:53.430 issues about these budget cuts it its competitiveness issue 20:53.430 --> 20:56.600 do we want to have the best graduate assistants come to our universities and 20:56.600 --> 20:57.540 we can offer them 20:57.540 --> 21:00.930 some the most competitive rates as graduate assistants were not get the 21:00.930 --> 21:01.570 best 21:01.570 --> 21:05.910 when I can keep the best I think these cuts it to a competitor business issues 21:05.910 --> 21:09.420 so are you guys the 21:09.420 --> 21:12.640 message last week message next week you gonna be back a yeah 21:12.640 --> 21:16.450 so I'll be back next week on Tuesday me with something the governor's office 21:16.450 --> 21:20.190 I'll be back every week for as many weeks is we need to to share some that's 21:20.190 --> 21:22.920 a message I will as the greatest your body president but hopefully 21:22.920 --> 21:26.490 lot to graduate students from the university was on a about 12 here today 21:26.490 --> 21:27.160 will come 21:27.160 --> 21:34.160 and speak on behalf these issues 21:34.599 --> 21:37.859 the buzz know if my colleague Chris for conover increased her we should note 21:37.859 --> 21:41.019 that you did spend some time yesterday trying to reach republicans 21:41.019 --> 21:44.369 in the Higher Education Committee not much luck but again this is not a 21:44.369 --> 21:45.409 partisan issue 21:45.409 --> 21:51.019 this isn't a partisan issue every year when you go back and look at the budget 21:51.019 --> 21:51.879 debates 21:51.879 --> 21:56.940 over to the the University there are plenty of republicans who say no we need 21:56.940 --> 22:00.940 to give money more money to the university's we don't need to cut up 22:00.940 --> 22:04.239 so it's not necessarily a partisan 22:04.239 --> 22:08.639 debate the reality is we're a billion dollars in the hole 22:08.639 --> 22:11.929 and that money has to come from somewhere 22:11.929 --> 22:16.729 how you make up that whole doubt is the debate do you do it all through cuts do 22:16.729 --> 22:17.570 you do it through 22:17.570 --> 22:21.409 what are called revenue increases what you and I call tax increases 22:21.409 --> 22:25.299 or some combination thereof and that's where the philosophical partisan debate 22:25.299 --> 22:26.029 begins 22:26.029 --> 22:29.399 and the students also hoping to get some time with a Republican so they can have 22:29.399 --> 22:30.440 their story heard 22:30.440 --> 22:33.469 they are when we spoke with them yesterday they 22:33.469 --> 22:37.039 did me with the at least one Republican yesterday 22:37.039 --> 22:40.969 former Senate President Steve Pearce who is a still a member of the senate 22:40.969 --> 22:44.979 and has always been a big supporter of the university's and in the coming weeks 22:44.979 --> 22:49.299 are going to go back and try and meet with other Republicans or other members 22:49.299 --> 22:51.190 of the legislature in general 22:51.190 --> 22:55.339 as the process moves are also some big news happening this week at the Capitol 22:55.339 --> 22:59.259 die and I was a superintendent of public instruction what's the story there 22:59.259 --> 23:02.460 the story or she fired two members the 23:02.460 --> 23:05.580 the Board of Education she 23:05.580 --> 23:09.619 did not say at the time really while why she fired them this happen on Wednesday 23:09.619 --> 23:11.229 on Thursday 23:11.229 --> 23:14.690 the governor Doug Ducey reversed to the firings 23:14.690 --> 23:18.729 and that has set off a firestorm Douglas and a 23:18.729 --> 23:23.899 very strongly worded letter back to the governor accusing him of cronyism 23:23.899 --> 23:28.940 taking care of corporate the entities that have backed him 23:28.940 --> 23:32.879 and and in that letter she said the reason they were fired as they were 23:32.879 --> 23:35.339 supporters liberal supporters have common core 23:35.339 --> 23:40.039 which she campaigned very strongly against where this all goes is this just 23:40.039 --> 23:41.609 a very quick dust-up 23:41.609 --> 23:43.120 that will settle in the two 23:43.120 --> 23:46.170 them all work out their issues Douglas and do see 23:46.170 --> 23:50.380 or is this the beginning love and even more rocky relationship will have to see 23:50.380 --> 23:54.130 all right christopher look forty report next week to see how this sort of 23:54.130 --> 23:59.050 flares up if you will markers for conover thank you so much 23:59.050 --> 24:04.100 and now first or you don't hear every day and Illinois woman travel to Tucson 24:04.100 --> 24:09.500 to recover a long lost family heirloom her father's world war two uniform 24:09.500 --> 24:14.570 it was sitting in the home of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords 24:14.570 --> 24:17.310 is amazing that we're gonna be down here and we were able to pick it up and meet 24:17.310 --> 24:18.170 mark in 24:18.170 --> 24:21.980 and Gabby and it was just real privilege infection 24:21.980 --> 24:26.230 such an honor to have me your uniform their his mom 24:26.230 --> 24:29.340 a cave Kathy 24:29.340 --> 24:33.420 this this uniformity sound somewhere interest United where 24:33.420 --> 24:37.360 we think you're yes creatures wilder's 24:37.360 --> 24:41.230 peapod you know she notices and even site 24:41.230 --> 24:45.310 it was printed at seven years ago done done the 24:45.310 --> 24:48.680 internet defined who it belonged 24:48.680 --> 24:52.340 sound good but the 1i 24:52.340 --> 24:56.010 founded he the belt few months ago 24:56.010 --> 25:01.740 I said we'll all be where she lost the uniform live with them 25:01.740 --> 25:05.600 look and see if English fine because really 25:05.600 --> 25:08.840 eventually and them you 25:08.840 --> 25:12.160 yeah and you know those 6 25:12.160 --> 25:15.990 you know exciting to see here with you know his name on it 25:15.990 --> 25:19.990 you know LR Leroy McCaskill on 25:19.990 --> 25:26.990 United States Navy in very good condition thing 25:28.549 --> 25:29.779 when debbie's mom found that 25:29.779 --> 25:34.299 uniformes restore eventually she noticed that has a 25:34.299 --> 25:39.169 name of a sailor in it and you know to find the seller's family and and give it 25:39.169 --> 25:40.080 back to him is 25:40.080 --> 25:44.549 you notes something nice we can do I know if my grandfather's uniform was out 25:44.549 --> 25:45.710 there somewhere I'd love them 25:45.710 --> 25:50.059 that we misplaced the uniform somewhere in the house and showed up a few months 25:50.059 --> 25:50.460 ago 25:50.460 --> 25:53.570 so we looked again and we found 25:53.570 --> 25:57.440 you know the obituary for the better with somebody's name in it we felt that 25:57.440 --> 25:58.549 obligation to try to 25:58.549 --> 26:02.839 figure out who it belonged to I was just in shock I just dislike Obama like 26:02.839 --> 26:03.869 goodness you know on 26:03.869 --> 26:07.099 we move my mom and dad closer to us and 26:07.099 --> 26:11.359 about ten years ago and I booked for his uniform is weird 26:11.359 --> 26:14.729 cleaning out their house and it wasn't there and I was so disappointed 26:14.729 --> 26:18.769 we have no connection here saw him I said gone from another source torch with 26:18.769 --> 26:19.950 your store whatever 26:19.950 --> 26:24.359 we lived in Chicago where entire life so I think I was just in shock and I 26:24.359 --> 26:28.219 my heart was just for joy he didn't you know do anything really really dangerous 26:28.219 --> 26:29.330 he worked 26:29.330 --> 26:32.889 as an alum when I attrition in our aviation a 26:32.889 --> 26:36.570 aviation electricians and he and she worked in a little harm 26:36.570 --> 26:40.960 electronic on things that the plane ominous plaintiff lucrative 26:40.960 --> 26:44.049 Honolulu into the home the home 26:44.049 --> 26:47.289 Pacific the daily fly home Monday is the day 26:47.289 --> 26:50.719 will be arm honoring him for his on 26:50.719 --> 26:55.279 Senate year that going to happen we've got a spare bedroom at home with the 26:55.279 --> 26:58.760 memorabilia about World War two when 26:58.760 --> 27:02.260 are both over fathers and I'm gonna build a display case 27:02.260 --> 27:06.240 to put this uniform M so we can we can chill 27:06.240 --> 27:09.880 I wish that he is alive if you were alive he'd be 90 in April 27:09.880 --> 27:14.330 I wish you the year to come down with Feldman know something he would have 27:14.330 --> 27:15.159 been so honored 27:15.159 --> 27:19.409 he my dad was very loyal but he's very humble man so 27:19.409 --> 27:23.190 I'm to find out that someone went out of their way to find us to give a uniform 27:23.190 --> 27:24.390 that would have been something that 27:24.390 --> 27:27.559 you know him really been blessed by itself thank you 27:27.559 --> 27:31.169 I'm just forever grateful to any Gabby in tonight for 27:31.169 --> 27:34.260 what they've done for us 27:34.260 --> 27:36.600 and that's our program thanks for joining us 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