Members of SF State's Art and Activism Performance put on a show the afternoon of Oct. 14 that reflected on how students were feeling about the budget cuts.

Students gathered around Malcolm X Plaza and got excited about the creative skits, music, spoken word and speeches the performers delivered.

After hearing a few speeches and poems, 19-year-old sophomore David Resnick-Dunn turned into a real crowd pleaser with his "Terminator" rap.

The cinema student's lyrics were originally created for his acting class, but gained so much positive feedback that he was encouraged to perform it at this artistic event.

His rap focused on what he called the inconsistencies of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger regarding the budget cuts and the extra funds students have to pay for school, but are not seeing.

"It was something that I was passionate about, so it made it easier to write," Resnick-Dunn said.

Not only were there performers showing support, but classes also attended this event with interesting illustration to get their feelings across on the budget cuts.

Olivia Pham, a 20-year-old junior who came with her Asian American studies community arts workshop, showed her tasteful knack for art by handing out handmade T-shirts with impacting slogans for her classmates to wear.

Some slogans popped off the white T-shirts with red and black lettering included, "Don't cut our budget or we'll cut you," and "No education, no future."

Pham wanted to get the first slogan across by simply stating, "Don't cut our budget, or we will take you down."

During the event students were allowed to create picket signs in preparation for the rally to be held Oct. 15 at San Francisco's City Hall in the fight for public education.

"This event is really to get people rowed up for Thursday's protest," said Brigitte Davila, who organized today's event and is a raza studies instructor and board member of the California Faculty Association.