CSUN University News Clippings

Demonstrators arrested in fee protest at UC regents meeting

(September 17, 2009)

By Matt Krupnick
Published: 9/16/09

Police arrested 14 protesters today after they delayed a University of California board meeting.

The demonstrators, most or all UC employees, were handcuffed by UC police as they chanted, “Whose university? Our university.” They were cited for trespassing and unlawful assembly and released, a university spokesman said.

With the arrests, the action, which protesters said was in response to budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and student-fee increases, went a step beyond the usual brief, loud demonstrations hat have come to characterize Board of Regents meetings.

“We don’t accept those things without (UC leaders) opening their books,” said protester Jillian Marks as she was led away in handcuffs.

Regents cleared the room during the disruption, during which the protesters stood shoulder to shoulder with a banner reading “People’s Board of Regents.”

The meeting reconvened a few minutes after the arrests in front of a largely empty room on UC San Francisco’s Mission Bay campus.

Publication: Contra Costa Times