Arrests Made At UC Davis Amid Student Fee Protest - Education News Story - KCRA Sacramento:
"DAVIS, Calif. -- Police arrested 52 people at UC Davis after hundreds protested a 32 percent increase in undergraduate student fees on Thursday.
The University of California regents on Thursday approved the increase, despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents' meeting at UCLA."
By next fall, undergraduate fees will be boosted by $2,500, sending the average annual education cost at a UC campus to more than $10,000. That's triple the amount from a decade ago.
Hundreds of angry students protested Thursday inside and outside Mrak Hall at UC Davis. One person held a sign saying "Question UC Leadership." Another read "Don't Deprive Me Of My Education."
Protesters continued to remain at the scene late Thursday as police gathered around for crowd control.
Police departments from Sacramento, West Sacramento, Woodland, Davis, Vacaville, Winters and UC Davis responded to the protests, along with the Yolo County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol.
"DAVIS, Calif. -- Police arrested 52 people at UC Davis after hundreds protested a 32 percent increase in undergraduate student fees on Thursday.
The University of California regents on Thursday approved the increase, despite protests by hundreds of demonstrators outside the regents' meeting at UCLA."
By next fall, undergraduate fees will be boosted by $2,500, sending the average annual education cost at a UC campus to more than $10,000. That's triple the amount from a decade ago.
Hundreds of angry students protested Thursday inside and outside Mrak Hall at UC Davis. One person held a sign saying "Question UC Leadership." Another read "Don't Deprive Me Of My Education."
Protesters continued to remain at the scene late Thursday as police gathered around for crowd control.
Police departments from Sacramento, West Sacramento, Woodland, Davis, Vacaville, Winters and UC Davis responded to the protests, along with the Yolo County Sheriff's Department and the California Highway Patrol.
