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"A Filipino doctorate student at the Rhetoric Department of the University of California in Berkeley heaved a sigh of relief when he and 40 other students were recently released by County police after their involvement on a recent standoff at the campus.
Filipino student Paul Nadal joined a group protesting the privatization of the University of California in Berkeley.
Paul Nadal on Friday joined fellow students protesting UC's privatization and the approval of a 32-percent tuition increase across the university system starting next year.
Nadal said their group and some UC staffers started to occupy the Wheeler Hall building at 4:30 a.m., Friday."
"A Filipino doctorate student at the Rhetoric Department of the University of California in Berkeley heaved a sigh of relief when he and 40 other students were recently released by County police after their involvement on a recent standoff at the campus.
Filipino student Paul Nadal joined a group protesting the privatization of the University of California in Berkeley.
Paul Nadal on Friday joined fellow students protesting UC's privatization and the approval of a 32-percent tuition increase across the university system starting next year.
Nadal said their group and some UC staffers started to occupy the Wheeler Hall building at 4:30 a.m., Friday."