Chancellor Reed Exposed, Strikers' Questions Unanswered

In the days that followed the California State University student hunger strike, a report by CBS San Francisco found the mismanagement of thousands of taxpayers dollars. The investigation discovered a catering bill to be more than $110,000 in 2011. 

"That is enough to pay tuition for 18 students for one year or to fund dozens of classes that are being canceled," wrote CBS San Francisco. 

In response to the investigation, California Senator Ted Lieu asked for Chancellor Charles Reed to resign due to his use of funds to pay for not only food and alcohol but car rides to and from the airport. 

Lieu writes in a letter to Reed and CBS2, "You publicly stated that the taxpayer money was “absolutely” well spent. If the allegation are true and you continue to maintain your position that taxpayer funds should be spent in this manner, then you need to resign." 

"At a time when you are making drastic cuts and raising tuition fees on students, spending taxpayer money to subsidize your lifestyle and those of already well-paid CSU presidents is shameful."

After seven days of drinking only liquids, three Sac State students call an end to their hunger strike on May 10 but will continue to push for their demands to be met. 


CSU hunger strikers in southern California ended the strike on May 11.

The Sac State hunger strikers felt their questions were left unanswered after the trip to Long Beach on May 5. Students for Quality Education sat down with Chancellor Charles Reed to present their demands and questions.

James Damiani, a sociology major and hunger striker said, "I feel the Chancellor doesn't adequately perform his job and he didn't have any logical responses. He said he would implement them with no real plan."

Gavin Newsom, the California Lieutenient Governor, who also is an Ex Officio CSU Trustee, was paying attention to the student hunger strike and requested a meeting with SQE members on May 11.

Newsom called the CSU student hunger strike, "A brave political statement."

On campus, hunger strikers talked with students about the issues surrounding mismanagement of CSU funds and the effects of budget cuts.


Mildred Garcia Gomez, social work major, who spoke with several students while hunger striking said," A big one students were surprised by was the housing and car allowances."

Yeimi Lopez, Sac State ethnics studies major, ended the hunger strike but said, "Our demands are at the forefront of what we're working on."




Here is a video that tells what happened after the CSU student hunger strike:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKSoarFCcFU