(Dec. 20, 2011) — “They [Glendale Community College] don’t even know if they’ll have classes in the summer,” says junior Lucy Telliyan. GCC is closing in on the possibility of having to reduce up to 80 courses for its upcoming summer session. According to a recent article in the Glendale News-Press , due to drastic budget cuts across the state, if California is unable to meet needed revenue goals, GCC is going to have to decrease the payment of faculty members by up to nearly 4% of their normal salary in a newly introduced contract. In contrast with its previous 2011 summer session with a variety of 200 courses, GCC is looking to the future and seeing that 80 of those classes will no longer be available for students to take during the summer of 2012. There is a likelihood that, like the 2011 winter session, the whole summer session will be cancelled, or at the least be docked down to only 120 classes. GCC Scholar Lana Mousessian, sister of sophomore Sarin Mousessian and senior Loris Mousessian, feels that the lack of classes might mean that what students need to learn will not be offered. “For some people, these cuts mean staying another semester or two before transferring [to a different college/university],” said Mousessian. The cancellation of the 2011 winter session has eliminated the possibility of her taking additional mathematics and psychology classes. “I wanted to take at least one class this winter so I would have more major requirements done by the time I transferred. Instead, I’m going to try to take them during the spring or summer,” said Mousessian. With fewer courses offered, a toll is taken not only on the students who were planning on being educated, but also on those who teach at GCC. While some suffer less pay, others lose jobs altogether since they have no classes to teach. Telliyan, whose mother works in the nursing department of GCC, said that in the last year, because of budget cuts occurring left and right, her mother was momentarily out of a job since the classes that she taught could no longer be afforded by the school. If state revenues do not meet expectations and classes are cut, Telliyan says that she will have to hold off on taking college classes.