UW students have plan for helping higher ed

For the last couple of years, lawmakers have sympathized with college students who want them to spare higher education when cutting the state budget. But the choice often boils down to this: Cut social services or cut education funding.

Now, students at the University of Washington have come up with a slate of proposals they say would keep lawmakers from having to choose — by raising money for higher education without raising state taxes.

"We're students; we do our homework," said Andrew Lewis, head of government relations for the Associated Students of UW (ASUW).