The effects of the statewide mandated furlough days are obvious and diverse especially regarding the art department and its students of various emphasis' and majors.
Teresa Benedetti, a fourth year graphic designs major describes the furlough days as a "giant rock put in place of her graduation path."
She goes on to explain that many art classes are project based and are at the least three hours long and occur two days a week.
"When you cut three hours of creativity time out of a week at certain times of the semester, the results are dismal," says Benedetti. "I live at home and with a large family, I can not be expected to do my project work at home or during the time that I have work, other school work, and extracurriculars."
Undeclared Freshman student, Caite Gleckman, describes the budget cuts and furloughs as a "personal obstacle" to declaring art as her major.
"Why would I go into a already difficult major knowing that I have more circumstances that will deter me from succeeding than art graduates before me," says Gleckman.
This video below shows early protests happening already last semester in regards to budget cuts and their effects on the art department specifically.
Video Courtesy of youtube.com and The Daily 49er
Budget cuts are rocking departments and organizations across our campus and other campuses in the state, but the effects are different for each department with the art department being just one of many areas hit by the mandated furlough days.
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