UC administrators met with students and teachers yesterday at ucsc, to discuss on-going budget uncertainties. The u.c.-system is facing 500-million dollars in cuts, including 31-million dollars cut from ucsc. If certain taxes are not extended in california, the cuts could be double that amount. Tuition and fees for in-state students has risen by 40-percent in the last 2-years. Another budget meeting is scheduled to be held at the campus today, at 5:30 p.m., in the oakes college learning center.