Students protest at UCLA

Hundreds of students stage a die-in outside a regents meeting at Covel Commons. Despite protests that roiled the UCLA campus, the UC Board of Regents this afternoon approved a 32% increase in student fees.

Hundreds of students stage a die-in outside a regents meeting at Covel Commons. Despite protests that roiled the UCLA campus, the UC Board of Regents this afternoon approved a 32% increase in student fees.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

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UC police officers

Elliot Goldstein, 18, of Berkeley, protests for the “future of education” as UC police officers keeps their eyes on the crowd outside UCLA’s Covel Commons.  (Barbara Davidson / Los Angeles Times)

LAPD helicopter

A Los Angeles Police Department helicopter keeps watch on protesters marching through the UCLA campus in Westwood.  (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

UCLA

Students barricaded inside Campbell Hall wave flags from the building’s third floor in response to marching protesters. A proposed student fee increase is expected to be endorsed today by the UC Board of Regents.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Reaction

Students protesting the proposed fee hike march near Campbell Hall, which was seized by other students.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Wearing bandanas

Students wearing bandanas protest the proposed fee hike outside Campbell Hall.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

Campbell Hall

Student protesters wake up this morning in front of a chained-up Campbell Hall at the UCLA campus in Westwood campus. Those who spent the night there had posters and signs that said, “Don’t take our education away” and “Don’t privatize, democratize.” Dozens of other students spent the night camped out in tents on top of Parking Structure 4.  (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)