Michael Knight, 22 Audio Science Major “Probably a seven: His agenda seems very sincere. I do believe he rushed into it. I think that people expected to see results immediately, but the reality is that, for what he’s trying to do, you can’t really get results just like that.”

Julie Pfahl, Fashion Major "Lady Gaga's fabulous style and innovation. Great thing is she's actually talented, too."

Frank Gati Broadcasting Major "Obama's election. Well, it's huge. Other than the obvious, a major shift in this country is becoming a multicultural country. It just becomes evident. It's always been moving in that direction."

Emily Waenik, Undeclared Major "The Sept. 11 attacks will always stand out in my memory. It was a major tragedy that forced our country together."

Zimu Wang, Business Major "I got into a university in Japan, and I studied translation between Chinese and Japanese. It helped my communication skills, and gave me the opportunity to come to the U.S. to study more skills related to communication."

Carla Cuevas, Health Interpreter Program Major "I think that having a black president in America gave a different perspective of the U.S. to the citizens themselves. It also gave another perspective to the whole world ... hope."

Jacob Park, Philosophy Major "Barack Obama is our president!"

Sarah Goldstein, Psychology Major "Winning M.V.P. in basketball as a freshman."

Allan Frias, 23 Fire Science Technology Major "It would effect me really badly. People need them, and without summer school, people will have to stay at City College longer." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Lucy Lee, 18 Business Major "I don't like the idea because I was looking forward to summer classes. If we don't have summer classes, it might take me longer to transfer." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Aktilek Aitikulov, 18 Economics Major "It would effect my graduation date. I'm planning to take summer classes and graduate this fall, but if they don't have summer classes, I'll have to take one more semester." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Rachanne Mallare, 18 Child Development Major "I want to be able to make up for the time I lost. This year, I didn't take math and English, and I'd like to this summer." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Ajamu Collins, 20 Kinesiology Major "I always thought about taking summer classes, but it wouldn't really effect me because I usually work in the summer." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Kim Dizon, 18 Nursing Major "It would effect me because I want to take extra classes to get ahead." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

Keegan Donofrio, 18 Undeclared "I don't think it will effect me because I don't plan on taking summer classes." ISAAC CRUMMEY / THE GUARDSMAN

David Houchins "When it comes to certain things like social security or health care, its about taking care. People's health is not something to profit from ... medicare runs with 3 percent overhead while private insurance runs with 20 percent overhead. Tell me which one is going to be more efficient? The medicare system is clearly proven to run with less overhead. Everyone go on the Internet, Google Bill Moyers and ex-CINGA executive Wendell Potter."

Kate Paningbatan "My mom was telling me not to get sick."

Oscar Altamirano "It should be reformed towards helping others, helping each other, helping everybody out."

Tatiana Aviles "Health is very important ... there should definitely be more opportunities — more for students maybe. I think they take a lot of money from us already on taxes and all this different stuff. And its kind of like: where's the money going? Can you guys, you know, provide anything?"

Mary Kwok "I think people should be able to choose the health care they want, even though their income isn't very good. They shouldn't have the government decide what they should have. Its kind of like if I wanted to have certain immunization shots ... it's asking for permission: Do I make enough money to get the shot?"

Cynthia Montengro "Independent of insurance, I think we should get help when it comes to emergencies. Even though you have insurance, they charge you a lot, and I don't think that's fair."

Jean B. Corpuz "It should be more affordable ... my friends pay a lot, and they are still in school. And they don't have all the money to pay."

Ryan Price, 24 Kinesiology Major “I rode my bike instead of driving, because I think it makes a difference. It saves me money and I think I set a pretty good example for the rest of us. Basically I am trying to ride the bike as much as I can and save gas.”

Kathryn McGeorge, 34 Undeclared “I am trying to turn off all my electronics I don’t use, especially the ones that are in standby mode because I do that a lot. I also recycle.”

Charles Moorhart, 19 English Major “I have a car and I try to drive as little as possible. When I walk around, I try to pick up trash off the ground as much as I can. I definitely don’t litter and I am trying to do all these little things to help.”

Natalie Fleman, 20 Undeclared “Yesterday I rode my bike to school. Besides that I am trying to use less energy and to turn the lights off at home as much as I can.”

David Garcia, 20 Sociology Major “I have changed the light bulbs in my house. I put in all new ones that are energy saving.”

Molly O’Grady, 18 Undeclared “I have been recycling a lot lately, because my dad is obsessed about it. I also try to turn the water off when I shave my legs, but I agree I definitely don’t do enough.”

Brian Vanghan, 38 Computer science Major “I am trying to have less consumption and to recycle more.”

Mack Lafaele, Sports Medicine major “Well, as for me, I have an athletic scholarship to a four-year school. But as far as my brothers and sisters are concerned out here, that would definitely have an impact since a lot of us probably can’t afford tuition to begin with.”

Phil Malik, Undeclared “I think it’s asinine for them to raise tuition in the middle of a recession when people will already have to scale back. As for me, who knows. We’ll see when the time comes.”

Rasul Grayson, Music major With the recession and all, times are already hard enough. For me, this probably won’t change the end result though, it’ll just make the path to getting there that much harder.”

Latisha Taylor, Radiology major “At this point, since I’m just starting here, it’s not something that I’ve really had to think about, but I’m sure I’ll have to deal with it eventually.”

Teandra Johnson, Undeclared “I’m not sure what I’ll be doing. But I’m still shocked and angry. Ten percent is still 10 percent.”

Ian Park, Broadcasting major “Well, I’m not going to a UC. But I still feel that these will be ongoing budget problems that affect all of us, even at state schools. You have to expect it. With the stimulus package being released though, there might be some hope.”

Ayaka Matsunaga, Engineering major “Since I’m an international student, tuition is already very expensive as it is, and in some cases for us, UC’s can cost up to $20,000 per semester. So, in my case I really have no choice but to attend a CSU.”

Muhammed Choudhery, 16 Undeclared “Why do they need to be armed? People don’t come here for violence. They can be armed outside, not inside. This is supposed to be a safe zone.”

David Weld, 44 Substance Abuse Counseling Major “No. I don’t know that they have the training and I don’t think that their jobs warrant that kind of security. It can also potentially cause more problems. We’re gonna start having students bringing guns to school.”

Janay Wallace, 28 Nursing Major “It depends whether or not they have experience defending themselves without guns. Also, what happened with the Oakland Bart Police was unnecessary.”

Victorianna Dunn, 34 Undeclared “I don’t think so. I’m not entirely sure about the training for the campus police.”

Almareli Salmeron, 19 Undeclared “No, I don’t think it’s ok. We don’t see any dangerous things happening here. Plus, the police department is very quick.”

Elcer Rivas, 20 Education Major “I don’t think so, as long as there is enforcement nearby. Bringing arms to this environment isn’t good for the students. Instead, maybe cameras or other means, or an increase of security.”

John Espejo, 21 Business Major “They definitely should because criminals got them, so if they don’t, then how are they gonna protect us? What’s the point of having them here then? Then they’re just like us”

Joye Cai, 23 Biology Major “I don’t have any resolutions. I celebrate Chinese New Year.”

Ken Mok, 22 Bio Chem Major “This year I want to transfer to San Francisco State University.”

Kevin Bunker, 28 Undecided “I don’t believe in new year resolutions. They never seem to work out.”

James Warder, 22 Undecided “I am trying to stay on top of material to complete my last semester.”

Danli Lin, 19 Undecided “I planned to be a vegetarian because I am against killing animals. So far I’ve been able to keep it up for the past two months.”

Tiffany Chan, 20 Undecided “My resolution this year is to lose weight. It only worked for a week.”

Philip House, 46 No Major “I owed someone $26,000 and made a resolution to pay it off and I was able to do it.”

Sam Loud, 37 Nursing Major “I think it sucks. It makes things more competitive for students who are already at CCSF. It deprives them from going to SFSU and makes it stressful. It is a big deal because everybody wants to move on.”

China Langford, 27 Undecided “I think that as long as CCSF can accommodate them, it is great, they are more than welcome. If you cannot go to school because you do not want to, it is your choice. But if you cannot go because of economic reasons, this is wrong.”

Rosa Machuca, 18 Interior Design Major “I think it is unfortunate because CCSF has great classes, but SFSU may have a higher level, and they cannot get that. It is just not cool because they are really trying and have the opportunity to go there, but the budget cuts does not allow them. So, I think it sucks.”

David Manzanares, 18 Undecided “It is unreasonable because if you are going to SFSU you should stay there. It is going to get really crowded here; the classes are going to get full faster. People who want to add won’t be able to.”

Don Brown, 45 Nursing Major “Everybody should get an education. Many people from out of state want to enroll at SFSU, so I think students that are local should have priority. As long as the classrooms are open for CCSF students and they are able to get into classes, I do not see the problem.”

Brennan Wolff, 21 Graphic Design Major “They pay a lot for their classes, so I think they should pay a lot more for ours. It seems like it is a lot more crowded this year. All my classes have 20 or so people who want to add. I really think students already attending CCSF should get priority.”

Hanan Alnaif, 20 Nursing Major “I think it is a bad idea letting students from other campuses coming here, just because the classes here are full. It does make a problem for people that are already here to make a plan when they want to transfer. They may not get into the classes they want. Some rule should be made to let this happen.”

Mollie Westgate, 18 Undecided
“It hasn’t realy effected me that much, I’m still being supported by my parents”

Izaac Swan, 19 Undecided
“There are budget cuts? I hadn’t heard about them. Actually, I was trying to take a Japanese 2B class on Mondays, Wednsdays and Fridays, but there wasn’t one that fit my schedule.”

Jamie Samonte, 29 Busniess Administration Major
“It doesn’t effect me at all. I’m a veteran, so the G.I. Bill is paying for my classes. I’ve also been taking classes here for a few semesters, so getting the classes I need was no problem.”

Amy Martinez, 19 Nursing Major
“It’s harder to pay for school. It might be because of the economy, with gas, food and rent all becoming more expensive. Financial aid does help, though.”

Kailtin McSweeney, 25 Art Major
“Not much of an effect at all, not that I’ve noticed. I only take art classes three days a week, so I haven’t noticed a difference in my classes.”

Jared Hicks, 29 Architecture Major
“I can’t say that I’ve felt any effect. My student loans are fine, I feel secure, and I was able to get into all of my classes.”

Qing Xu, 21 Arctitecture Major
“This is my first day at City College, so I’m not sure what effect the budget cuts could have. One of my classes did have a lot of people that wanted to add, so maybe the college can’t afford to open up another section of the course due to the budget cuts.”