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  · (,0,0,,,,,,,_,_ (,0_ 0,,,, ,0,,0 ,.,,0,,. 0,,,,,, Advocate Ron Geoghegan 75, more places to cut, not where to put  
  _ K{1),/,((·Ig\y{§(·(","",i(·l){»I,(1/()!}",(»,,/(/0,7)- assistant to the president of South more money. We face an uphill battle.  
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; IU/l('I`l’ ilx /}(’(l(/(/l(([)`I(')]S `·   - COHStiU.1entS, SO we need a I remains in clear focus today: The  
; _ mw/um/,·1l. II,».v1·mwI an ' `'i__e long-term, grassroots pro-   need for a quality, adequately funded  
I ,/,,· (,‘,,,,,,,·j/ ,,/`l-[jg/,,·,·   V V gram that shows the universi- i higher education in the state must r ,
I [J,/H,-,,,j,,,, ,,,,4 j_,- N   0 ` ties are doing real things for I not be ignored, Advocates say, `
  ,,,,.,,,,,,.,· 0/,],,. p0,·,,,,»,t Y ?  W -3  lm. ·‘i" ` real people every day.” I despite a state budget stretching tO
I .¥/I//},//ll`]\'l'II/lll/f_\' Sr/mal It//hruz. Rallies, as they were used in the early   cover many funding needs.  
l· I In [Wl )?»1mg·,Imm1,·,I   millim, 10 years of the organization, are an effec- , The percentage of formula funding {
:‘i e //11* (IK [.//1:711)* (/(III//)(IdQ`II {(Il(H(/I/Ilg I/1w tive H1€3.f1S of uniting support for the   is decreasing, forcing state colleges i
_   $2/) mi/{im, _/im,]-mi,sing· d,·iw·, I-Ii.; cause, but today’s Advocates say they   and universities to become state-assist- i
i , 0 (//um1im, is- 1/pw [mgm! (ml, gi/I an ,,/,4,,,- must try other methods. "Rallies were , ed rather than state-supported. More ¤
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. tenn, day in and day out, we must work community colleges and universities {
, at the grassroots level," Geoghegan said. than ever before, yet the percentage I
I Former Advocates chair jim Wise- of the state’s budget going for the sup-  
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