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Tuition hike will put
faculty out of attain
Re: “Tuition rises 6% yearly over subsequent 5 years” (Web page A1, Sept. 14).
As a pupil enrolled in a California State College (CSU), the 6% tuition spike yearly for the following 5 years is outrageous. This modification will have an effect on college students for generations to return, particularly these within the decrease to center class.
School price doesn’t solely embrace the schooling as the fee for faculty provides up from textbooks, housing and commuting. The schooling hike will increase the financial ground wanted for entry into faculty, and the hike will exacerbate the rising pupil debt disaster.
The 9-0 vote by the CSU trustees is a stain on faculty training affordability for these trying to research in California. There ought to be different strategies to slender the funding hole, however a kind of strategies shouldn’t be a tuition hike that may negatively impression the livelihood of potential and present CSU college students.
Vinh Nguyen
San Jose
Crime ought to increase
alarm at San Jose State
As of Sept. 19, I’ve been a Spartan at San Jose State College for 3 weeks, and I’m involved about security.
Within the final week, we’ve got obtained two crime bulletins in our inboxes saying that there was a pupil held at knifepoint throughout a carjacking and one other pupil threatened with scissors throughout an armed theft.
Being from a small city that is baffling to me. Is that this regular? Ought to the college not be extra involved?
Madison Wilber
San Jose
Residential, industrial
homeowners handled completely different
The First Church of Christ Scientist constructing had open home windows that wanted to be boarded and the dilapidated tarp eliminated. As an alternative of going after the proprietor and having the work executed and the proprietor billed and a lien if not paid, they’re going after the contractor who solved the issue free of charge.
Burbank Theatre has been graffiti-covered since final 12 months or earlier than. As an alternative of remediating the issue and billing the proprietor and submitting a lien if not paid, San Jose has ignored this ongoing drawback.
A residential property proprietor with out as many timber in area between the sidewalk and road as San Jose requires should comply or a tree can be planted by the town. The proprietor will then be billed. Failure to pay will end in a lien on the property. Surprise what number of homeowners obtained a cross?
Appears industrial homeowners get a break that I guess residential homeowners aren’t receiving.
Jane Energy
San Jose
Twin issues tax
S.J.’s high quality of life
I write to precise my concern relating to two urgent points that have an effect on our neighborhood in San Jose: homelessness and potholes. These issues demand fast consideration and motion.
Firstl the homelessness disaster in our metropolis is escalating, and it’s heartbreaking to witness the struggling of these with out shelter. We should work collectively to search out sustainable options, together with elevated entry to inexpensive housing and help companies.
Second, the state of our roads, tormented by potholes, not solely damages automobiles but in addition poses security dangers. Repairing and sustaining our infrastructure is essential for the well-being of all residents.
Let’s work towards a San Jose that’s compassionate, secure, and affords a top quality of life for everybody.
Abhishek Mynam
San Jose
San Jose might use
extra daring initiatives
Reasonably than contemplating fining Backyard Metropolis Development for eradicating the scaffolding and the tattered plastic sheets from the First Church of Christ, Scientist constructing, the town ought to be making a commendation for taking civic motion the place the town has been so lax.
So be it if you wish to contemplate this lawlessness, however daring initiatives addressing a large number of points inside the metropolis would ship a powerful message to Metropolis Corridor that the residents are disenchanted of their lack of means to shortly and decisively take motion the place wanted.
Victor Clifford
San Jose
Sports activities ought to replicate
society’s inclusivity
Racial disparities in skilled sports activities function a stark reminder of persistent societal inequalities. Whereas athletes from various backgrounds enrich our sports activities tradition, systemic obstacles restrict alternatives.
The underrepresentation of minority coaches and leaders in skilled sports activities’ decision-making roles perpetuates inequality. Racial disparities in participant contracts are regarding, with athletes of shade usually incomes much less. This displays the broader wage hole difficulty.
Addressing these disparities is essential. Sports activities ought to replicate our broader society’s inclusivity and variety. Organizations should undertake equitable hiring practices, confront wage gaps, and spend money on grassroots applications to supply equal alternatives for aspiring athletes. These steps can construct a sports activities world actually embodying equity and equality.
Mirza Demirovic
San Jose
Air high quality points want
well being care response
Past the destructiveness of wildfires and the inconveniences of unhealthy air high quality, we have to contemplate the long-term penalties of those occasions on public well being.
