Nearly a thousand students and others gathered at a Thursday meeting of the Arizona board of regents on Thursday to protest planned budget cuts to the state’s public universities.

The proposal, announced in the legislature the previous week, would slash $600 million in funding, imposing cuts ranging from 4% to 12% on universities’ budgets.

The Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA) and the Arizona Student Association (ASA) are planning a trip to the state’s capitol in Phoenix this Wednesday, January 28, to protest the cuts directly at the state legislature. Details on the protest can be found at the ASA website.