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As I start my last year of college, I've come to realize that "student" has become synonymous with "broke." Instead of saving up money and paying off debts, we are left working three jobs to make ends meet and owing thousands of dollars in the future.

While this might have been the case for decades, the current recession and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's budget cuts mean that being broke as a college student is now an issue along race lines.

When I first started at Cal State Northridge five years ago, tuition was around $1,400. This fall, costs have shot up to more than $2,000 per semester. The accessibility of CSUs is changing rapidly due to budget cuts and higher costs. Though I am almost done with school, I can't help but worry about future generations of students, especially students of color, who tend to gravitate toward state schools.

What does this have to do with race? Everything.