Being a student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, it is hard to know who to blame for the 32% increase passed by the regents yesterday. I am not occupying buildings or stopping traffic--but I am trying to think of a viable solution to the problem--a problem originated from the State of California's unwillingness to raise taxes in support of higher education, and in the mispending of funds across UC campuses. At this point, I am glad to be graduating sooner than later, though I worry about those behind me, who will not be able to see the positive aspects this institution both presented and delivered when I was a freshman. The biggest thing plauging students is the idea of paying more and recieving less. We have always been behind paying a little more in fees for lobbying groups that support the rights of students, but in this case, knowing that the new fee increase will simply lead to more cuts for facility, classes, and programs for students, lends itself to nothing but distain for an Institution that use to pride itself on accessability and afforability. I am happy to be leaving this place soon, and am thankful that it has provided me with the applicable knowledge to attempt to battle its changing concentration and privatization. The State of California has been characterized has highly supportive in the funding of higher education, yet have voted down higher taxes in support of higher education. Students, who make up a very small proportion of the taxpaying base, are making gains in brigning the reality of the decline of the UC sytem into the limelight for a majority of California voters to see, and  this is where students need to focus, and to find an ally in saving public education.