In California, A Fight For Public Education
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The 21-year-old University of California, Berkeley senior is part of a growing student movement fighting tuition increases in the 10-campus system.
Gomez, and 12 others, wasarrested Nov. 17 when they attempted to block the entrances to the UC Regents meeting at the University of California, San Francisco. Many congregated in a parking garage leading into the conference center, hoping to enter the meeting. When police kept them from entering the meeting room, theyblockaded the area and tried to keep out the regents themselves. The regents approved an 8 percent fee hike, raising annual tuition from $10,302 to $11,124.
Gomez, who serves as external affairs vice president of the student body, said he was pepper