Regents to back UC students protest at Capitol

Regents to back UC students protest at Capitol:

"After last fall's angry and at times violent campus protests, it seems unlikely that rival students and leaders of the University of California would stand together to speak out on behalf of UC."



But when students hold their big Day of Action in Defense of Public Education on March 4, converging on Sacramento to lobby lawmakers for sufficient funding, several members of UC's governing Board of Regents and UC President Mark Yudof said Wednesday they'll be there with them.
"We need to be up there as regents and as students," Dick Blum told his two dozen or so fellow regents meeting this week in San Francisco. UC chancellors, administrators and students also attended.
Other regents - not all - agreed.
"We all have to join together," said Regent Leslie Tang Schilling.
"I'll be there," said Regent Frederick Ruiz.
"It certainly would be appropriate for us to join the students," said Regent Charlene Zettel.
Even Yudof, the most frequent target of student fury in recent months, said he would join in.


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