Regents committee recommends UC fee hikes (32%) [View All]

[XemaSab]

Source: SF Chronicle

As hundreds of students rushed the building today where UC Regents were meeting - throwing wet red bandannas meant to look like blood - the regents' finance committee voted to recommend a 32 percent student fee increase, setting off planned protests at several UC campuses.

The vote all but ensured that the full governing board on Thursday will raise the annual price of a UC education to $10,302 for next fall.

UC police in riot gear arrested at least 14 people at UCLA, where the meeting was taking place, and at least one student was injured. The meeting was shut down three times when students in the audience rose to chant against the fee increases, swear at the regents, and sing "We Shall Overcome."

The vote was being protested at several UC campuses.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/18/MNP01AMLIE.DTL

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OUTRAGEOUS! :o