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Apr 9, 2008: Legislature responds to students, discusses tuition woes (Humboldt State The Lumberjack)
As students across California gather signatures for the student-led ballot initiative Tuition Relief Now, an identical bill is making its way through the Legislature.

Apr 7, 2008: Coalition takes it to the Capitol to fight tuition increases (Long Beach State Daily 49er)
Student and parent volunteers at 30 California State University and University of California campuses are coming together to push Assembly Bill 2372, the College Affordability Act of 2008.

Apr 2, 2008: Tuition freeze bill survives committee (Cal State Chico The Orion)
A bill aimed at keeping college costs down is making its way through the Capitol.

Apr 2, 2008: Fees spark outcry (San Jose State Spartan Daily)
Some students seeking lower tuition are attacking the problem on two different fronts - in Sacramento and on the streets.

Mar 26, 2008: Tuition Relief Now hopes to freeze rising costs (Humboldt State The Lumberjack)
Every week, Mathew Herrera commits 20 hours of his own time to gather signatures on campus and around his community for the student-led Tuition Relief Now campaign.

Mar 20, 2008: UC regents to consider 10% increase in student fees to offset budget cuts (San Diego Union Tribune)
Making the level of cuts recommended by the governor would be devastating to the university system and the state, said Wyatt R. Hume, UC provost and chief operating officer.

Mar 12, 2008: Rising tuition costs push for state ballot initiative (CSU Stanislaus The Signal)
So what do you get when a couple of California college students are sick of rising tuition costs within the University of California and California State University systems? Why a ballot initiative of course.

Mar 10, 2008: Out of Reach (UCSC City on a Hill Press)
“The two governing boards reaffirm the long-established principle that state colleges and the University of California shall be tuition-free to all residents of the state.”

Feb 27, 2008: Initiative aims to freeze tuition hikes (Chico State Orion)
Junior Julia Murphy knows what it's like for college costs to get in the way of a dream. A "hiccup" away from getting a degree in fine arts, she switched to a major in environmental policy and administration because her debt means she'll need a better paying job, she said.

Feb 21, 2008: Local students help petition to freeze rises in tuition (The Eureka Reporter)
Humboldt State social work student Linda Souza knows what it takes to make political change.

Feb 19, 2008: Students Lead Charge for Tuition Relief (UCSD Guardian)
With undergraduate fees increasing by 94 percent over the past six years, the first student-led ballot initiative proposes a five-year freeze on hiking tuition costs at the University of California and California State University institutions for resident undergraduate students.

Feb 14, 2008: Signatures wanted for tuition relief petition - now (CSU Long Beach Daily 49er)
If the petition to freeze state tuition can get enough signatures, it may be placed on the California November election ballot.

Feb 14, 2008: Students fight fee increases (UCLA Daily Bruin)
Students in bright yellow T-shirts etched with “Tuition Relief Now” are working to alleviate the rising fees of the University of California and the California State University system by gathering signatures for a referendum.

Feb 12, 2008: Halting California Tuition Hikes (Monthly Review Magazine)
Making ends meet is a fight for Valencia Henley, an ethnic studies major graduating from California State University, Sacramento this spring.

Feb 11, 2008: Groups work for tuition relief (CSU Fresno Collegian)
“We want the politicians to know that many of the same 434,000 people who signed this ballot were the ones who were working to get it passed,” Rashid said.

Feb 10, 2008: Measure would suspend increase in college costs (San Diego union Tribune)
Only two years into college, Juan Vazquez is already swimming in debt. At 19, the cultural-studies major at UCSD owes $30,000 in loans.

Feb 8, 2008: Historic CA Ballot Initiative Will Freeze CA Tuition at UCs and CSUs for Five Years (Indy Bay)
This campaign is the first student-led and volunteer-staffed ballot initiative in CA's history.

Feb 8, 2008: Tuition freeze coming? (The Daily Aztec)
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is calling for major tuition hikes to help ease California's fiscal crisis, but students in both the University of California and the California State University systems aren't going to let that happen without a fight.

Jan 31, 2008: Freeze, fees! Students push a ballot initiative to stop tuition hikes at state universities (Chico News and Review)
Murphy is gathering volunteers and signatures to help Tuition Relief Now pass California’s first student-led ballot measure, which would effectively put a stop to tuition hikes.

Jan 24, 2008: Californians Demand: Tuition Relief Now! (Idealist)
One of the barriers to graduates considering nonprofit work is the reality of ever-increasing student debt. There are many efforts to address this problem, and one that is attracting national attention is a grassroots state-wide campaign called Tuition Relief Now! This California-based initiative has students, parents, and community members working together to pass a statewide ballot initiative to make the University of California and California State University more affordable.

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