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Thursday, April 14, 2011

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Students continue to hold the building at Sac State

SACRAMENTO PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE: Students continue to hold the building at Sac State

Students continue to hold the building at Sac State

There were rallies and marches on at least 10 of the CSU campuses today, ranging from 50 students to several hundred. (see below)
Sacramento State is the only one we know of where students have occupied the administration building.
At 8;30 PM. some 30 students continue to hold the Administration building and they plan to spend the night.
We have offered to relay their messages ( broadcast) through our blog.

Sac State students, employees protest budget cuts, tuition hikes


Marching through campus from the library quad area where the protest started, students make their way to the Sacramento Hall, the administration building on the Sacramento State Campus. Bryan Patrick patrick@sacbee.com
lrosenhall@sacbee.com
Sacramento Bee, Thursday, April 14, 2011

Hundreds of Sacramento State students and employees filled the campus quad Wednesday afternoon, speaking out against budget cuts, tuition increases and what they say are the university administration's misguided spending priorities.