Diablo Valley College YAL

DVC YAL Occupies the Library; Student Government Votes on GPA Redistribution

May 9, 2012 at 2:52 PM

By Diablo Valley College YAL

Occupy

The greedy 4.0ers on our campus are hogging up all of the GPA. While they advance to prestigious universities, the students with lower GPAs are not offered the same opportunities. Wouldn’t it be fair, in the name of justice and equality, to level the playing field and increase the GPAs of lower ranking students by providing them with the GPA points of the greedy upper class of students?

That's the sort of satirical argument Diablo Valley College YAL made at our recent "Occupy the Honor Roll" activism event. In all honesty, making the strong weaker does not make the weak stronger. And making the rich poorer does not make the poor richer. Margaret Thatcher famously declared that those who favor income redistribution “would rather have the poor poorer, provided that the rich were less rich" -- and we as Young Americans for Liberty believe in equal opportunity and fairness through free markets, which we know will promote equality and increase the standard of living for the poorest sectors of a population.

To supplement our project to educate the student body at our campus, DVC YAL employed the Leadership Institute’s advice on sign-making and Campus Reform’s tools to implement GPA Redistribution. In fact, we had the student government on our campus vote on GPA Redistribution (more about this later.)

On April 18, DVC YAL collected a couple of pages worth of petition signatures and student contact information to support GPA Redistribution, causing a stir on campus among the many statist students. A lot of students thought we were serious and not only signed our petition but also emailed us with support for this “movement.” Some students were looking forward to an increase in GPA. One student emailed us and declared that this could “improve the economy” by creating more opportunities for those students with disadvantaged GPAs to attend institutions of higher education. As we'd sarcastically claimed, maybe all that is wrong with our economy is GPA inequality, with the gap between the 4.0ers and the 89%ers constantly increasing?

Diablo Valley College YAL takes over...

Feb 21, 2012 at 6:52 PM

By Diablo Valley College YAL

DVC YAL looks forward to its second semester on campus. DVC YAL tabled February 21st and 22nd of 2012, with more than 200 students expressing interest in our organization. The greatest challange DVC YAL faces at the moment is finding a meeting time that accomodates each member's schedule.

This semester YAL is managing the campus' Economics Tutoring Program and providing tutoring services 7 days a week. Yes, even on weekends! DVC YAL at the moment is planning an event with a Registered Nurse now GOP Candidate for Congress regarding Obamacare. YAL does not oppose or support any candidate for political office.

Tabling

Signing up!

YAL @ Diablo Valley College secures funds to develops Economics Tutoring Program

Jan 5, 2012 at 6:00 PM

By Diablo Valley College YAL

With the student government increasing student fees, YAL @ DVC decided that they could allocate their student fees much more efficiently than the student government representatives could. With the support of the student body and several Professors, YAL was able to secure $2000 to develop and expand an economics tutoring program. What better way could we make an impact on our campus than by providing an essential service to our peers, all while developing relations with the staff and administration?

Our goal is to help students develop an economist's mentality to increase their understanding of our economy and current events. With the Spring Semester/ Winter Quarter (depending upon your college's system) set to start soon, YAL @ DVC strongly recommends that other YAL Chapters request funding from student government and initiate a campus project that could fulfill the unique needs of your campus. In the name of liberty, we are the best spenders of our student fees.