UCLA tuition riots: 14 arrested, 1 tasered
p2pnet news view | Off Topic:- The full headline is, ‘32% Inflation in UCLA Tuition Causes Near Riots (14 Arrested, 1 Tasered).’
It’s on GooTube and, “It’s just insane, here,” says the voiceover.
“About 30 students stormed UCLA`s Campbell Hall and barricaded the doors with chains and bike locks early this morning to protest a student fee increase that is expected to be endorsed by the University of California`s Board of Regents today,” says the Los Angeles Times, going on »»»
[Updated at 8:39 a.m.: The UC Regents have started to meet, and hundreds of students have surrounded the building, protesting the proposed fee hike.]
Students who spent the night were sprawled outside Campbell Hall in sleeping bags. They carried posters and signs that read, Don`t take our education away and Don`t privatize, democratize. Many wore bandannas over their faces.
Dozens of other students spent the night camped out in tents on top of Parking Structure 4. Hundreds of other students are expected to join the protesters and demonstrate at the UC Regents meeting that will take place later today.
“The proposed two-step student fee increase would raise UC undergraduate education costs more than $2,500, or 32%.The annual cost of a UC education, not including campus-based fees would rise to $10,302. says the story.
Los Angeles Times – Students storm UCLA building to protest expected UC system fee increase [Updated], November 19, 2009
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November 21st, 2009 at 2:55 am
I am myself in a UC school. Fortunately I am in a PhD and my department pays everything for me, but it IS tough for all college and master students, The fees have been upped A LOT too. And add also the absurd cost of parking (or better fighting for finding a parking spot…ridiculous, in my school 1000$/year).
Listen to this, some months ago they said it was necessary to cut expenses and they even cut personnel that cleans. As a consequence, some areas including restrooms are no longer cleaned every day. Think about paying tens of thousands of $$ for school and not even being able to find clean restrooms… It’s no wonder these students are angry as hell.