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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

New Building Occupations at UC Davis and Santa Cruz « Student Activism #OWS

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New Building Occupations at UC Davis and Santa Cruz

Information is sparse so far this morning, but students occupied buildings on two University of California campuses yesterday, and it appears that one or both occupations are continuing at this hour.

At UC Davis, site of the infamous pepper-spray incident eleven days ago, students occupied Dutton Hall, which houses various financial offices on campus. Meanwhile, at UC Santa Cruz, students occupied the Hahn Student Services building. As of eleven o’clock last night they were still there, and administrators sent out word yesterday evening that the occupation would result in the relocation of offices housed in that building today.

Occupiers at Davis are calling for the resignation of chancellor Linda Katehi, the establishment of the campus as