Late last month, more than 200 UCSC students staged a walkout and rally to protest budget cut proposals. Many of the students and supporters voiced their concerns that the budget axe would fall heavily on the Community Studies and the Latin American and Latino Studies departments. Earlier this month rumors surfaced that UCSC officials planned to eliminate the community studies program, a major focused on social activism and that two prominent LALS lecturers would be let go.

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Christi Morales began her journalism career at ABS-CBN International's The Filipino Channel in 2003 - at first as a freelance TV newswriter and eventually transitioned to full-time general assignment reporter. In 2006, she won the American Heart Association's 'C. Everett Koop M.D. Media Award' for best medical feature. After leaving her full-time reporting position in May 2007, she's been freelancing ever since as a writer and reporter. Her work has appeared in other online media including AOL's Patch.com, shades Magazine, BBN3 Network, eHow.com and BBonline. In addition, she is a fellow at the G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism.