According to a news release from the Democratic Party, students at the University of Montana and at Montana State University-Bozeman are gathering signatures on petitions today to ask for relief from "double digit tuition hikes." The petitions ask for a special legislative session or for Gov. Judy Martz to back a budget amendment allowing some of the $73 million in federal "windfall" funds to go toward tuition relief. The drives begin at 10 a.m. at the University Center in Missoula and at the Student Union Building in Bozeman.