CHENEY, WA. -- Hundreds of students walked out of their noon classes on the Eastern Washington and Washington State University campuses Thursday, protesting state budget cuts that hurt their schools.
According to witnesses at WSU, about 100 students peacefully gathered outside Todd Hall on the Glenn Terrell Mall with signs. Pictures from EWU appear to show many more students, possibly a few hundred, also holding signs.
The walkout was a statewide public university demonstration.
The financial crisis delivered quite a blow to colleges and universities last year. Here in the Inland Northwest, Eastern Washington University alone reports losing $5 million.
All the money lost led to hiring freezes and other set backs at the school. And, now even more cuts are proposed, which students say could lead to more staffing cuts and larger classroom sizes.
