Graduate student Erik Green would like to be able to gain teaching experience and funding through on-campus TAships. However, after the elimination of over 100 teaching assistant positions on campus, finding just one TAship has become a difficult task.

Debate racked the first statewide TA union meeting under newly elected officials. One member was voted out of office at the meeting, raising questions of election committee member bias.

The Academic Workers for Democratic Union (AWDU) won all 10 positions in a recent election of the United Auto Workers Local 2865 (UAW) union, which represents a significant change within the structure of the organization.

UC teaching assistant union UAW Local 2865 held state- and campus-wide triennial elections last week. The ballot counting hit an unexpected stalemate and UCLA and UC Berkeley’s ballots could swing the vote to the UC Santa Cruz candidate’s favor.

Is it safe to say that the UC system is falling apart? With university leaders talking about “fundamental changes” thanks to even more budget cuts, 500 million dollars worth to be exact, it’s our hope here to do what we can to make sure those changes don’t mean more cuts to TAs.

Fewer classes, fewer teachers, fewer TAs. While paying the highest tuition in the history of the University of California, students are beginning to notice the dwindling resources on campus.