UCSB proposes alternative pass time formatting

It’s that time of the quarter here at UC Santa Barbara: students are scrambling to set alarms for their pass times and feeling the oppressive sense of stress that accompanies selecting classes ahead of winter quarter. Will they or won’t they get the classes they need? Will they be forced through the canon event of getting stuck with a heinous chemistry section time or an incredibly niche elective? Friendships have been said to be shattered over who has the earliest pass time, and UCSB’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) reports a great increase in levels of mental unwellness this time each quarter. The UC Board of Regents might have a solution in mind to create a more optimal system than the anxiety-inducing GOLD system.

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