Student Body President Mary Cooper met with N.C. senators Tuesday to advocate for lower funding cuts to the UNC system.
The Senate is currently working on its version of the state budget. The N.C. House of Representatives budget passed last week included a 17.4 percent cut for universities.
Cooper’s efforts will be spearheaded by her administration’s Carolina Advocacy committee, which has organized a listserv of about 900 students to contact legislators throughout the summer.
The committee is attempting to organize meetings with legislators in their districts, including five Democrats that defected to vote for the Republican-backed budget in the House.
Students on the listserv will also contact legislators before the Senate votes on its version of the budget. Both the House and Senate must compromise on a budget to be signed by Gov. Bev Perdue before June 30.
Student government has posted a link on their website for students still interested in joining the listserv: http://studentorgs.unc.edu/studgov/.
