SANTA CRUZFaculty Urges Dismissal of Tuition Protest...
SANTA CRUZ
Faculty Urges Dismissal of Tuition Protest Cases
About 200 faculty members want charges dropped against 19 “Tent University” activists arrested last week during a protest at UC Santa Cruz against higher tuition costs.
A faculty petition to Chancellor Denice Denton and Interim Campus Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor David Kliger said the use of police on campus was unwarranted and “threatened to escalate into a wider conflagration.”
The students had set up tents at the campus entrance. Campus police arrested some demonstrators for trespassing April 18.
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