Growing CA Student Protests Over Tuition Hikes
Student protests against the decision to hike student fees by 32% have spread from UCLA across the University of California system.
The Indybay citizen media site has some of the most up-to-date info on the protests:
11/20 7am: At least 40 students have occupied Wheeler Hall on the UC Berkeley campus and are asking supporters to come out to the hall to show support. UC Police have surrounded the building as a “crime scene”.
On Thursday, November 19th, the University of California regents approved a 32% increase in undergraduate fees, pushing fees to over $10,000 a year for the first time. Student regent Jesse Bernal was the only vote in opposition. Protests, including the occupation of four buildings, have taken place November 18th and 19th at UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis, San Francisco State and San Francisco City College. Students occupied Campbell Hall at UCLA, Kresge Town Hall and Kerr Hall at UC Santa Cruz, and Mrak Hall at UC Davis.
On Wednesday at UCLA, one protester was reportedly arrested after police struck students with batons and another person was reportedly tasered.
About a hundred students were arrested on Thursday at UC Davis. UCSC’s Kresege Town Hall and Kerr Hall are the only buildings that remained occupied Thursday evening.
