Images of the UC Tuition Hike Protests
Cynthia | Nov 19, 2009 | Comments 2
These videos speak for themselves. Thanks to all the people at ground zero who captured the images on film for the rest of us to see.
Students Protest Tuition Hike on UC Campuses
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The immaturity of college students who think their education is a gift from Santa Claus is astonishing. It’s about time students begin to contribute more of their own money to their education instead of expecting California taxpayers to subsidize such a large portion of their tuition. Compared to other states, California public colleges are very low cost even with this new increase. Community colleges tuition is also ridiculously low which is one reason why many students in California do not value the education they can obtain there. What do students do in other states? They work and save up for college. Taxpayers in California have had enough; it’s time for all students in this state to pay their fair share of education costs.
[...] hunger-strikers are also demanding that the university drop all conduct charges pending against the student activists who protested the tuition hike and accept responsibility for the clash between the demonstrators and police that culminated in the [...]