just sayin'. . .
The Blaze:
Calif. Protesters Beat Cop With His Baton While Rallying Against Tuition Hikes
After violence erupted Wednesday when a University of California committee began considering a tuition increase, on Thursday that committee approved the plan to raise student fees by 8 percent next fall while expanding financial aid to more students.
Thursday morning’s vote by the finance committee of the UC Board of Regents comes a day after a student protest outside the meeting at the University of San Francisco, which left four police officers injured and lead to more than a dozen protester arrests.
According to KGO-TV in San Francisco, one officer had to pull his gun when a group of 40 protesters jumped him in a parking garage. The group wrestled the officer’s baton away from him and were beating him with it. When the officer drew his gun, the Daily Nexus reports, the small mob began chanting “Take his gun!”
The problem started when the crowds stormed barricades, trying to cross police lines. Police fought back, even peppering spraying the crowd at one point.
“It is my belief that officers conducted themselves very well and showed great restraint under the circumstances,” UC Police Chief Pamela Roskowski told KGO.
Later Thursday, the full board is expected to approve the tuition hike, which follows a 32 percent increase this year.
In fall 2011, student fees for California residents will increase by $822 to more than $11,000. That doesn’t include individual campus fees or room and board.
The increase will raise an estimated $180 million in annual revenue, with about one-third set aside for financial aid.
On Wednesday, students called for executives to take pay cuts while some teachers worried what might happen to their pensions as a result of state wide budget cuts.
KGO reports:
Students think top executives should take more pay cuts.No violence was reported on Thursday
“We have an obligation to maintain excellence and access to our students and we can’t afford it because of state budget cuts and the economy. It’s really tough,” said Vice President of UC Communications Lynn Tierney.
“My classes are so big, professors can barely handle 400 students in a classroom,” said demonstrator Rosalinda Garcia.
And employees are worried about their pensions.
“People who would be making $10,000 a year in retirement will be making under $2,000 a year in retirement if these cuts go through. This is outrageous,” said demonstrator Tanya Smith.
2 comments:
Ah, for the Good Old Days when the MIT students used to gather on Massachusetts Avenue chanting "Twenty-five-hundred is TOO DAMN MUCH"! when the tuition got raised.
These ninnies actually think $180 mil could be raised via a few "top executives" taking pay cuts? How many damn executives do they have?
Wednesday I took a break from the madness and went to see "Secretariat" and re-live some very happy memories of the 70s. It's a delightful film and I highly recommend it. The only jarring note was Big Red's owner's two obnoxious teenage daughters with their constant chatter about PEACE! CHE! NO MORE WAR! (And actually you guys would probably enjoy watching the older one at least.) I couldn't forget that little leftie bitches like them who were Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minning in the streets probably grew up to vote for Obama.
But their mom was cool. So was the horse. If you don't already know what Secretariat did to the Belmont Stakes record I won't spoil it. Nice way to get away from all the crap for a couple hours.
A preview of what's coming soon. They made their own bed and now they don't want to sleep in it.
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