Submitted by the student protestors
We as students feel the constant financial restrictions that this campus imposes on us. We as students feel the constant charges that are happening all around us, from paying $16.48 for a sandwich and mac n cheese to paying $4,821.00 for a double room on main campus that is actually the same place where military used to live and shower. We live in refurbished military housing that does not accommodate for disabilitated students. Recently, a friend and member of ADLC got taken to the ER and the firefighter himself stated that the hallway is not disability friendly while they were struggling to take them down the resident hall stairs. They ended up sliding him down the stairs in a chair! However this event emphasized the physical maintenance that the school should be focusing on instead of rebranding our school. The school should focus on actual student needs that are for actual students living on campus. They should be using these funds as a resource rather than pleasing the aesthetic visual of a logo that is amusing to corporations. We as students feel the constant burden that the financial aspect of college is causing us, and the logo rebranding emphasizes the constant dismissal of our student voice.
There have also been multiple members in ADLC, and across campus, that have experienced food poisoning and other intense health concerns. This fear is due to the horrifying food, the asbestos in classrooms, and the black mold in resident halls that are continuing to force already stressed students to now worry about their housing. This is much deeper than “students being angry at a logo.” It is the fact that this rebrand is happening at a time of major health, mental, and physical concerns for the student body at this school and these issues continue to be neglected by admin. For those who are unaware of the deeper reason behind why students planned a protest, the ignorance from the administration and other privileged folks, are a major reason why a majority of the student body feels ignored and discarded. To see the truth about how the majority of students and alumni feel about this change, we encourage you to read the recent comments on CSUMB’s official Instagram page.