YouTube link to UCLA student riots posted today

[TalkingDog]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzEEi40tunE
just short of 3 minutes long

[mike_c]

1. rec'd-- wow, that's intense-- I think I'm going to show it in class this afternoon....

:evilgrin:

[TalkingDog]

2. Thanks for the rec.

posting for the kick

[jwirr]

3. What is the background on this?

[TalkingDog]

5. 32% tuition increase + college students + lack of 32% more services (most likely) n/t

[damntexdem]

4. "riots" = "nearly riot" = vigorous protest

And it looked like some of the police wanted to riot, so "nearly rioted." So why not call it "the UCLA police riots"?

[tekisui]

6. Students take over UC Berkeley building

Source: SF Gate

UC Berkeley students took over a campus building in protest this morning, a day after the University of California regents voted to raise tuition by 32 percent.

An undetermined number of protesters barricaded themselves at about 6 a.m. inside Wheeler Hall, which houses the English department.

Several demonstrators wearing bandannas opened a window, displayed a sign reading "32% Hike, 900 layoffs" with the word "Class" crossed out in red. They used a bullhorn to denounce the regents' decision and to rally support from a group of students chanting outside.

University and Berkeley police cordoned off the building, located just past Sather Gate, with yellow police tape.

more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/20/BA611ANSAB.DTL&tsp=1