More than 20 students gathered in front of Sacramento State President Donald Gerth?s office Oct. 17 to protest his class schedule proposal that would convert many Monday-Wednesday classes to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule.

The students held signs and sat outside Gerth?s office, protesting the way in which he changed the schedule.

“What he did was go through the motions,” said sophomore Micheyl Gardner.

Gardner said she felt Gerth?s meeting with Associated Students, Inc. members at his house in September did not give the students enough of a chance to hear about the proposal.

“He did it to cover his bases,” said Alicia Romero, a sophomore triple-majoring in psychology, communication studies and English. “It was a sugar-coated way of doing it.”

The students were protesting the class schedule change that would convert 75-minute Monday-Wednesday classes between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. to 50-minute classes held Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

“What we?re worried about is if we allow him to pull the wool over our eyes, what will he do next?” Gardner said.

The organizers of the sit-in encouraged fellow students to attend the ASI board meeting later that afternoon. A record number of students turned out to the meeting, due in part to the fact that many of them went directly from Gerth?s office to the meeting.

“We want (Gerth) to understand that the students are not OK with it,” Gardner said.

The students were very critical of the administration.

“If I ever turn into an administrator, take me out behind the barn and shoot me,” Gardner said. “Seriously, if I ever forget where I came from, shoot me.”