UC students, faculty protest outside Regents meeting

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Source: Bay City News

About 200 University of California students and faculty have gathered at UC San Francisco's Mission Bay campus this morning to protest proposed student fee hikes and changes to employee retirement plans.

The protest is taking place outside a UC Board of Regents meeting, where the board will consider an 8 percent fee hike for students. Regents will also discuss proposed changes to retirement benefits for employees.

... A video of the protest appears to show protesters being pepper-sprayed by police at one point.

At least five protesters had been arrested as of 9 a.m.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/baycitynews/a/2010/11/17/protest17.DTL

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1. UC students clash with police before fee hike vote

Source: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO – University of California students have clashed with police outside a meeting of the UC Board of Regents before its expected vote on another tuition increase.

UC spokesman Pete King says police arrested at least 16 protesters Wednesday who tried to cross a police barricade in San Francisco.

Christine Byon of the UC Students Association says a group of student protesters was pepper-sprayed.

Inside the meeting, several students urged the board to vote against the proposed 8 percent tuition increase.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101117/ap_on_re_us/us_california_tuition_hike_1

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