The Eastern Sierras

Here is a story that gives me hope. Students at Santa Ana College are fighting to keep classes for the summer.

"Now, in a move both creative and desperate, students are
raising money to help pay for summer classes by selling food and by pleading
with politicians -- and even instructors -- to contribute.For every $4,500 that
students raise for the Summer
Session Rescue Fund, one class for 30 students will be saved,
school administrators say. The school's nonprofit arm, the Santa Ana College
Foundation, has pledged to pay for any shortfall between student fundraising and
a full class offering."