Word is that the Regents agreed to raise Student Fees to cope with the brutal budget shortfall.

Meanwhile, UC regents meeting in San Francisco took a similar action, raising student fees by $135 per quarter starting this spring. For the year, that means an increase of about $400, or just over 11 percent. Undergraduates now pay about $4,000 a year.

Not sure how that translates for cool people like us who're on the semester system. Vice-President Kashmiri of the Graduate Assembly lobbyed against it, as did Mr. Katz.

In San Francisco, Mo Kashmiri, a student at UC Berkeley's Boalt law school, said he didn't know how he'd come up with the $400 increase he'll be facing next year.

"Obviously we're really upset," he said. "This is the worst time for them to possibly raise fees. I have no idea how I am going to pay for this."

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