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UC, Cal State Students Protest Corporate Ties, Tuition Hikes
Fears of violence shut down UC's Board of Regents today, while the State University Board of Trustees raised tuition. Protesters say officials are serving "the 1%."
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenOccupy protests are on the move in California, training their sights on both the University of California and the State Universities. Fears of violence shut down UC's Board of Regents today, while the State University Board of Trustees raised tuition. Protesters, including faculty, say officials are serving "the 1 percent" rather than "the 99 percent." Also, Occupy LA can't last forever, but can the LAPD negotiate an end game with a group that prides itself on not having leaders? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, heavy new pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad.
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3 storiesLAPD Working with Protesters on Occupy LA End Date
The LA City Council has officially backed Occupy LA, but three weeks ago Mayor Viaraigosa said there are health and safety concerns — not to mention damage to City Hall's lawn — and the protest "can't continue indefinitely."
Read the story8 minOccupy Protests and Higher Education
The University of California's Board of Regents had canceled meetings just three times, most recently for the invasion of Iraq in 2003, on September 11, 2001 and in 1989 because of the Loma Prieta earthquake.
Read the story17 minViolence, Protest and Regional Pressure: What's Next for Syria?
Army defectors attacked a military intelligence building in Syria today as pressure builds on the dictator, Bashar al-Assad, to stop killing his own people. Would outright civil war serve his interests or those of a divided opposition?
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