Protesting higher education funding cuts

According to a couple of the girls in one of my classes, the University of Northern Colorado had the largest turnout at the rally this week to protest the 50% funding cuts for higher education. They put together a slide show of the pictures of the rally that day and showed us some videos from their YouTube postings.
Here is a link to the story from The Rocky Mountain Collegian
200 students converge on the Capitol to protest higher ed. cuts - News
And one from The Denver Post (link)

I know it might not be an issue to people who aren't currently pursuing higher education, but for the ones who are, this would be extremely detrimental to them and their pursuit of a degree. Financial aid was the only way I've been able to pursue my college degree. It is something I think is worth fighting for. What are your thoughts?

For pictures visit the Rally4HigherEdu Facebook site.