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Despite his concession, Republicans and Democrats alike remain outraged by Wilson's disrespectful actions. In The Huffington Post, Robert Creamer, a political organizer, strategist and author, wrote an article with the headline, "Wilson is the Poster 'Child' for the New Republican Party." Creamer suggests that this action merely amplified the childish antics the Republican Party has taken part in since Obama took office. He proposes that the powerful speech Obama presented to congress contrasted directly Wilson's immature hue and cry. With two simple words, Wilson's past is under magnification, questions about his participation in a white supremacist have organization arisen and an entire political party is perceived as infantile and inappropriate. According to Associated Press if Wilson reports, doesn't apologize on the House floor for disrupting Obama, which as of Sunday he has refused to do, there will be a vote next week on whether to reprove him. He doesn't seem to be shedding any tears ofremorse in his video will not be muzzled. I will speak up, and speak loudly, against this risky plan," he explains after a halfhearted apology for his heckle. Clearly Wilson is attempting to transform his embarrassing outburst into a political opportunity and re-cast himself as the victim, and it seems to be working. According to CBS News, Wilson has raised around $200,000 since the incident has and received a disheartening amount of encouragement for his behavior. Even Wilson's son Alan, who is running for attorney general of Carolina, South announced in a video that can be found on thesunnews.com, that though he is proud of his father for apologizing to Obama, he is "even more proud of him for telling the truth." This is outrageous. of the Regardless legitimacy of Obama's which statements, could take up an entire column on its own, interrupting the president to accuse him ofbeing dishonest in a civil and formal speech is entirely out of line and is a deliberate attempt to undermine Obama's presidency. Budget Cuts Harm Higher Education Dunja Nedic Arizona Daily Wildcat U. of Arizona UWIRE -■ lack of civility." that can be seen on Wilson JoeWilsonForCongres In addition, called the White s.com. House with an apolo"On these issues, I accommodating more and more students passing through the system. Universities tout increased enrollment, omitting the detrimental effect that Acquiring a univera greater number of sity degree isn't supstudents are going to posed to be easy, but have on everyone's the U.S. Census Bureau reported in education. With extra seats in 2007 that 27.5 percent classrooms comes of America's populapressure on teachers tion completed at least to shuffle us through a bachelor's degree. This figure is in sharp courses at the expense of our learning expericontrast to the numence. The difficulty in bers of students commaintaining the qualithe pleting same education degree even a few ty of our from primarily comes decades ago. profesAt the University two sources: lack of commitof Arizona alone, sors' teaching and has ment to enrollment the need to acquire increased from 12,518 funding determined by in 1960 to approxiequivalents. mately 38,800 this full-time The cumulative year, according to the of full-time number UA Office of equivalents dictates Institutional Research the amount of funding and Planning Support. the UA receives. Does this drastic House Bill 2012, increase signify signed by Gov. Jan Arizonans have develBrewer, states, 'the oped a greater interest total enrollment in the world of acadeshall be the basis of mia? state aid". This discrepancy providing more Essentially, can partly be attribmore equal uted to the ease with units which women can now money. UA President seek a university eduShelton has Robert cation, as well as the stated, "[Arizona State greater scope of choichas, University] es offered to young appropriately, people now. received a lot of enrollBut the main reament increase money son almost a third of they've Americans now hold a because bachelor's degree is increased enrollment. They should get that there has been conmoney; fair is fair." stant growth in the His comment sugof places number ... ASU, classes whose requirethat gests ments we have failed regardless of the qualfulfill, students are of education to it ity the offers, deserves these ones who will lose. Just as professors funding increases just because of student must grade us accordnumbers. ing to the merits of our The UA is following work rather than unisuit. University versity politics and administrators have funding needs, we to reconcile these must also demand that our educators budget cuts and consestudents educate. We should be quently, have become little challenged and made more than commodito work hard for our ties to secure funding. degrees, rather than Professors have an thinking tuition payethical obligation to ments entitle us to teach and, in doing so, receive credits. teach us to learn. This Enabling students does not involve to pass even when us they skip in-class spoon-feeding and this material is a mistake. yet, answers is the experience stuCramming 1000 students have come to dents into a hall and expect: to absorb only essentially annihilatenough information in ing the potential for class to enable them to any real discussion is do an assignment. a mistake. 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