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May 16, 2008
More than 100 students from UC Irvine, UCSB, UC Riverside and UCLA attended to protest Wednesday at UCLA. After a meeting of the UC Regents, a group of them were arrested by campus police. When they were released later that night, they sent out this statement regarding their position: The UC Regents Committee on Finance voted overwhelmingly to increase student fees by 7.4 percent for the 2008-2009 school year. This was all done on......
Continue Reading "16 UCLA Students Arrested; Tuition Raised 7.4%"January 19, 2008
When the UC Board of Regents held a meeting this past Thursday, students and staff were on hand to express dismay with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recently announced proposal for increased fees, enrollment limits, and salary freezes. According to the LA Times, the organized protest included approximately "50 students carrying protest banners" who spoke out about the possible fee hikes because of the troubled state budget. Students feel it is not right for them to have......
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