The UC System is broke. California is broke. You know that. I know that. The question now is what the heck can we do about it? Strikes, protests and petitions are the first things that come to mind, and while these are great tools to let everyone know what we support and don’t support, what may be working and what must change, these methods do not really produce solid, tangible results. This is where some active and innovative minds from the University of California, Riverside, come in. Over the course of nine months, students at UCR, some of whom are members of the UCR Highlander Newspaper Editorial Board and ASUCR, have developed a Student Investment Proposal which outlines a revolutionary new way to have UC students pay for school.
