UCLA students protest fee hikes
UCLA students have been protesting huge 32% fee hikes this week that will the cost of an education (not counting books and living costs) above $10,000 for the first time. Students are concerned that these increases will increase the inaccessibility of higher education to poorer students. As has happened so often at campuses around the country, the university called in police in riot gear to suppress protests. Fourteen students were arrested and others injured. Protest, including a sit-in, are continuing on Thursday. [A statement from the students sitting in can be heard here.]:
November 19th, 2009