Students pull all-nighters and endless flashcard-making sessions so that they can obtain a college degree. The reason students pursue higher education is because they are told “education is the key to success” or “if you go to college, you’ll make more money.” Well, that’s not the case in this injudicious and retrograde world in which our faculty is not honored with the appropriate pay that they deserve.
We at The Signal stand with our faculty and their fight for what they rightfully deserve: a five percent raise in salary. We stand with our faculty because they are the mentors who make the journey of knowledge possible for us. We stand with our faculty because we acknowledge all of the time and money that they put into their numerous years of education to work in a profession that they are passionate about, while also hoping to make a livable wage out of it.
The Board of Trustees’ poor priority of the CSU budget triggers our faculty’s “Fight for Five.” It is time for funding to be invested into the true heart of the institution and that is our faculty. Without our faculty, we have no institution.
It’s not right that our faculty’s income forces some of them to take on a second job just so that they can make an affordable wage. As students, we are primarily affected by this; our time with the faculty is reduced, not allowing us to get the limitless help that we deserve.
This fight is not just their fight. It is also ours. Students should not miss out on a class that they need to take because there was only one professor to teach it. It shouldn’t be necessary to stay an extra semester, paying extra tuition, simply because students can’t get the classes they need. Why is it that the Board of Trustees does not prioritize problems such as these? We need more educators with better pay to uphold the necessities of the students.
The influence that an educator has on our everyday life is far too big for us to ignore this topic.

This is why we at The Signal have chosen to join the fight. The possibility of the upcoming strike is an apprehensive situation that many choose not to talk about. The Signal will report and inform our fellow students and community of any action that is taken. This will be our way of supporting our faculty – helping their stand to be remembered, not forgotten. We support our faculty’s right to strike. We stand with our faculty because faculty-working conditions are student conditions.