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As UC Berkeley Investigates Police Brutality Against Students Protesting Fee Hikes, a Report From Inside the Takeover of Wheeler Hall

Posted on November 25, 2009 by | Comments Off on As UC Berkeley Investigates Police Brutality Against Students Protesting Fee Hikes, a Report From Inside the Takeover of Wheeler Hall

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UC Berkeley students end occupation

Posted on November 23, 2009 by | Comments Off on UC Berkeley students end occupation

San Francisco Chronicle: UC Berkeley students end occupation

BERKELEY, CALIF. — Forty protesters who barricaded themselves inside Wheeler Hall for 11 hours Friday didn’t win back the 38 custodial jobs they demanded, nor did they persuade the UC regents to rescind their decision to increase tuition by 32 percent next fall.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/21/MN611ANSAB.DTL#ixzz0Xhe1j3Rm

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UCSC police force demonstrators out of Kerr Hall

Posted on November 23, 2009 by | Comments Off on UCSC police force demonstrators out of Kerr Hall

Santa Cruz Sentinel: UCSC police force demonstrators out of Kerr Hall

UC regents approve 32 percent student fee increase; protests heat up

SANTA CRUZ — Demonstrators say police officers in riot gear began forcibly removing dozens of barricaded students from UC Santa Cruz’s Clark Kerr Hall at dawn, and after an hour-long standoff, students vacated the administration building.

Protesters have been occupying offices in the building for three days in opposition to a 32 percent fee hike, employee furloughs and other budget cuts. Campus officials had warned of possible arrests on Friday but continued to negotiate with students and faculty advocates until Saturday night, when both sides say talks broke down.

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