Funny how UCSC has a reputation as a bastion of liberalism. Behind the scenes are those in management positions who rail on about "team playing" and yet do NOTHING that may jeoporadize their careers when it comes to helping clerical or non-managerial staff. Management positions at UCSC have bloated to the extent that there are few staff that actually work (as in doing tasks) at the University. The newest approach beyond consolidating clerical positions, or not rehiring when there is a retirement (hey have a pen on the Univ. when you retire!) but by having students do many of the tasks regular employees did. The beauty of this is that you don't have to pay retirement, or benefits or even raises that mean a damn! The other aspect of UCSC pay is that they aren't paying wages that match the cost of living in Santa Cruz, nor is it based on simply rural wages...they analyze basically what is the lowest amount they can get away with paying (again we're talking grunt clerical or custodial work). So in a community filled with such high paying jobs as working at Starbucks or a used clothing store or a bookstore, UCSC management KNOWS that UC employees aren't likely to quit their sucky jobs and work at McDonalds instead. YES this is a brilliant strategy to save money for UCSC, but it's kinda a rotten thing for so-called "liberals" to be doing to the folks around them. I wonder how all these "liberal" managers at UCSC sleep at night.