California's budget crisis came into stark focus in the halls of Sacramento State University, where many students returning for spring semester were turned away from classes they had hoped to get into, or strained from hallways to hear lectures in classes that had enrolled way more students than there were seats, writes Laurel Rosenhall for The Sacramento Bee. A group of dejected seniors stood in the hallway after being booted from a writing class they must take if they are to graduate in May. It was full, they weren't on the waiting list, and the professor didn't let any extra students in.

Cody Watt, 23, stared at the floor in frustration and offered an observation on what he had hoped would be his final year of school: "Less classes. Less instructors. But more money."

It's a refrain California State University and University of California students are muttering at campuses up and down the state, as they find themselves in the grips of a historic budget crunch. After state lawmakers cut both UC and CSU budgets by 20% in 2009, student fees went up and course offerings went down.
Full report on The Sacramento Bee site

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