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California readies for Student Day of Action

03/02/2010 8:07 pm 0 comments

University of California students are gearing up for Thursday, Mar. 4, the state’s designated Student Day of Action to protest higher education budget cuts. But with the events of last week, including a spate of racial incidents at UC San Diego, UC Irvine, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis, the day has come to hold a greater significance.

According to the blog StudentActivism.net, Mar. 4 has become a countrywide phenomenon — 100 events are scheduled in 28 states to protest the condition of higher education in America The UC Regent Live(blog) has a full schedule of tomorrow’s events across in California, including film screenings, marches and rallies.

Yesterday, hundreds of UC students traveled to Sacramento to protest the myriad issues afflicting the state school system and what they view as a flimsy response from the system’s administration in response.

To read this article in its entirety visit The Huffington Post.

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