Students from the University Alaska system held a rally Monday in protest of the governor’s proposed budget cuts.<\/p>\n
“We wanted to use this opportunity to have everyone all together, because we’re all spread out across the state,” said Teresa Wrobel, a student at UA Anchorage who is also a senator in the UAA student government, in an interview with the Empire. “I think we hear a lot from a lot of different groups about how education is important, but I think we need to focus as well on the student voices — those who will be affected.”<\/p>\n
[‘Justice shouldn’t create more victims’: Former prisoners preach patience for SB 91]<\/ins><\/a><\/p>\n Wrobel was part of the group that led a rally in front of the Capitol on the unusually warm afternoon. There were about 50 people attending the rally, but some people on Twitter noted that the university’s spring break schedule might have affected attendance.<\/p>\n I think it is the first day back after spring break, or close to it. That likely makes it a little harder to generate turnout for a number of reasons I would imagine.<\/p>\n — Arctic Velocipedist (@UrbaniteAlaska) March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n