Protesters Occupy Wheeler Hall - The Daily Californian:
"In an act of civil disobedience that escalated into a mass demonstration, 40 activists occupied Wheeler Hall, a major UC Berkeley building, for more than 12 hours last Friday to protest one of the largest University of California student fee increases in recent history.
The protesters drew national media attention and support from at least 1,000 students after locking themselves in a section of the second floor of Wheeler Hall. They did so a day after the UC Board of Regents passed a 32 percent student fee hike to take effect throughout 2010, bringing resident undergraduate fees to total more than $10,000 per year for the first time.
The fees were approved to help offset the university's $813 million deficit for the fiscal year. UC Berkeley alone faces a budget gap of $150 million."
"In an act of civil disobedience that escalated into a mass demonstration, 40 activists occupied Wheeler Hall, a major UC Berkeley building, for more than 12 hours last Friday to protest one of the largest University of California student fee increases in recent history.
The protesters drew national media attention and support from at least 1,000 students after locking themselves in a section of the second floor of Wheeler Hall. They did so a day after the UC Board of Regents passed a 32 percent student fee hike to take effect throughout 2010, bringing resident undergraduate fees to total more than $10,000 per year for the first time.
The fees were approved to help offset the university's $813 million deficit for the fiscal year. UC Berkeley alone faces a budget gap of $150 million."