The start of a new semester is always the best. Everyone is still shy about talking in class, you are just starting to feel out your new teachers and there’s not much homework. But this semester things are different.

We’ve all heard about budget cuts. By now, we know how they work, and what could or couldn’t happen. But what happens when it starts to affect the students directly?

Has anyone noticed the lack in classes being offered this semester? And it seems as though they are cutting back the most important classes as well. Subjects like Science, English and Math are required to complete our General Education requirements.

Yet how can we complete our General Education requirements when there are no classes to fulfill this?

Within these past two semesters, it seems as though more and more students have been attending Cerritos College. So to us, it only makes sense to open up more classes to accommodate more students.

Look around and take notice. People are literally hunting for any class they can to fill their schedule. Is it the students’ fault that we are lacking money? We feel that if anything; officials should be supporting students more, seeing as how we are the future of this country.

Not only that, but teachers are under pressure because they are teaching full classes. Actually, they probably aren’t under that much pressure because they probably only teach one class with all the course cuts. That’s refreshing.

So, annoying construction, budget cuts, no classes, and less parking spaces for students. Sounds like a great way to start off a semester, huh?