Who's University?
On the University of California's Berkeley Campus a crowd formed by student's, faculty and members from five campus gathered in Sproul Plaza. As you got closer to the crowd you could hear them screaming "Who's University? Our University!".
Other protest also took place on other UC campuses in Davis, Santa Cruz, and also in San Francisco. Police Officers in Los Angeles and Berkeley where force to use tasers and rubber bullets on protesters and about 100 of the protesters were arrested. This has marked one stage of this current fight to defend the top public system in the U.S.
More than 300 members have lost their jobs due to the layoffs in the states. UC's goals are to increase health insurance by 10 percent, increase parking fees and to cut payments by 4 percent.
Having fewer courses to offer means that some classes will be overcrowded or unavailable. Some of the students may even need to stay in school even longer to complete their requirements. Some may even drop out because they cannot afford the high fees. This meaning that student's who will return to UC next fall will pay 45 percent. Which is more than what they used to pay in spring 2009.
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