St. John's College Democrats Lobby for Students Rights

On February 11, members of the St. Johns College Democrats went to Albany to lobby to support student and institutional aid.  The event held at the State Capital was sponsored by the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) in partnership with the Association Program Administrators of C-STEP and STEP, and the Higher Education Opportunity Program Professional Organization.  About 20 students participated in the event including St. Johns College Democrats President Nick Rolson.  Here is what Nick had to say about the event:

“It was beautiful to see democracy in action,” said Nick Roloson, sophomore Government and Politics major at St. John’s Queens campus. “A lot of the Assembly members and State Senators made me feel like I really mattered and I really appreciated that. Anything is possible and if one person that we spoke to today starts speaking out on the senate floor it could really change a couple people’s minds. I would like to think that we had something to do with that and helped to make a difference.”

The students where there to fight the TAP cuts that will be coming to the state in the next year. The students met with such legislatures as State Senator Diane Savino, Assemblyman Rory Lancman, State Senator Brian Foley, State Senator Andrew Lanza, Assemblyman Matthew Titone, State Senator Toby Stavisky, Assemblywoman Deborah Glick, State Senator Martin Golden and Assemblyman Michael Cusick.