As president of the University of California, Mark Yudof has been the target of protests over budget cuts and rising student fees. But in Sacramento, Yudof is applying some pressure of his own. Together with university regents, chancellors, and students, he is asking legislators to direct more money toward higher education.
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Yudof, students unite over lobbying
1:44 pm – March 17, 2010
Student perspective: On March 4 during the freeway takeover, some reporters got the story. Four of them got arrested.
9:32 am – March 12, 2010
On March 4, hundreds of protesters marched from Berkeley to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland to rally with students and educators from across the region. After the rally, a group of some 150 protesters marched onto the I-880 freeway, shut down traffic and were arrested by police. Some reporters got the story — but four of them, including Oakland North correspondent Jake Schoneker, got arrested. Schoneker shares his account of the day, in pictures and words.
Japanese students join and learn from UC Berkeley protest
8:37 pm – March 5, 2010
Protests against budget cuts to education are attracting student activists from around the globe. Ten Japanese students were among those that attended the March 4 protests.
Tech students who stayed in class get lesson in funding crisis
1:37 pm – March 5, 2010
While nearly 2,000 people were protesting cuts to higher and K-12 education on the Oakland streets, most Oakland Tech students were in class. Those that stayed – including one particular Spanish class – got a lesson about California’s funding crisis.
Oakland Technical High School’s “disaster drill”
10:32 am – March 5, 2010
Students at Oakland Technical High School participated in a “disaster drill” to draw attention to the state of emergency of education as part of the March 4th Day of Action
March Forth: The students take to the streets
7:41 am – March 5, 2010
From Berkeley to the 880 Freeway, students and other community members joined a march to fight for public education and against the state budget cuts.
In Sacramento, Democrats support protesters
7:27 am – March 5, 2010
With more than a thousand students, faculty members and other education advocates rallying outside the state capitol, Democrats seized on the opportunity to voice their support for revenue-raising measures, including the proposed oil extraction tax.
Another look: Images from Oakland’s downtown rally
9:38 pm – March 4, 2010
A close up look at many of the memorable images from the March 4 protest that stretched from the UC Berkeley campus to Frank Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland.
Protesters arrested; removed from freeway
6:47 pm – March 4, 2010
Approximately 150 protesters who temporarily shut down the 980/880 freeway were arrested on an off-ramp this afternoon by Oakland police
Mission High students spearhead rally
6:33 pm – March 4, 2010
Three hundred students and teachers marched out of Mission High School early today, leading the charge to a rally at 24th and Mission Streets. They were joined by other schools along the way, ending in a 600-strong chanting throng. The group was later joined by other protestors and marched down Mission Street and on to Civic Center for a rally with students and public education supporters from across the city.
Mission students, teachers march for public education
6:30 pm – March 4, 2010
Students, parents and teachers flooded Mission Street this afternoon, protesting budget cuts to California’s public education system. The crowd of at least two thousand people stretched three blocks as it swept through the neighborhood on its way to Civic Center where protesters from across the city converged for a rally.
Black students walked out Monday in solidarity with UC San Diego
6:17 pm – March 4, 2010
Last Monday about two hundred African-American students, dressed in black, linked arms and stood in silence across Sather gate to protest recent racial incidents at UC San Diego.
Slideshow: Students, teachers assemble at Oakland’s Frank Ogawa Plaza
6:04 pm – March 4, 2010
Throughout the afternoon, hundreds of students and teachers from throughout Oakland and Berkeley assembled downtown in front of City Hall to protest education budget cuts.
In Sacramento, protesters lobby for lawmakers’ attention
4:06 pm – March 4, 2010
As California lawmakers debated budget fixes on the Senate floor, hundreds of students, teachers and parents from California school systems—K-12 through the University of California—gathered on the Capitol’s north steps to protest cuts to public education.
Slideshow: UC Berkeley march to Frank Ogawa Plaza
3:57 pm – March 4, 2010
Eight-hundred protesters assembled near Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue in support of the March 4th Day of Action. The march, which commenced at noon, went from Sather Gate in Berkeley to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland for a rally.
UC Berkeley students decide: Attend class or protest
2:01 pm – March 4, 2010
On March 4, protesters gathered at Sather Gate as students pondered whether to join the demonstration or go to class.
Video: Morning protests at UC Berkeley
1:41 pm – March 4, 2010
On the morning of March 4, protesters gathered at the main entrances to the UC Berkeley campus. This footage was shot from 7-10 am at the campus’ West Gate, Sather Gate and North Gate.
Raw video: Oakland Tech disaster drill
12:44 pm – March 4, 2010
Oakland North reporter Mary Flynn sends video updates from the Oakland Tech Disaster Drill. Students spill out onto the sidewalk in support of the March 4th protests.
Oakland students and teachers turn out for March 4 pickets; “disaster drills”
12:04 pm – March 4, 2010
Throughout the Oakland Unified School district, students and teachers turned out for pickets and a “disaster drill” to support California public education.
He saw a dance party. She saw a riot. What happened at Durant Hall?
4:38 pm – March 3, 2010
Oakland North correspondents Shannon Service and Josh Wolf sit down to review footage of last week’s dance party at UC Berkeley and discuss their impressions of what they saw that night.
Exclusive video: State Senate leader sits down with unannounced student protesters
11:28 pm – March 1, 2010
More than a dozen students from several University of California campuses arrived unannounced at the office of California Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg and Assemblyman Jim Nielsen. Oakland North has exclusive video of the sit-in and an interview with a student protester.
UC Berkeley students continue protest at UC administration building
10:06 pm – November 23, 2009
A group of UC Berkeley students gathered in the lobby of the UC Regents Administration building in Downtown Oakland Monday afternoon, reportedly to discuss the announced 32% rise in undergraduate student fees with UC President Mark Yudof.
U.C. Berkeley building takeover ends peacefully
12:37 am – November 21, 2009
An all-day sit-in at U.C. Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall ended peacefully this evening, as protesters who had occupied the second floor of the central campus building were escorted out by police officers and faculty observers.
Wheeler Hall standoff ends, students out to cheers
9:40 pm – November 20, 2009
The sit-in at UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall ended peacefully this evening, as protesters who had occupied the campus building were seen leaving in small groups to join cheering crowds of supporters outside.
By the numbers: the fee hike, more financial aid
6:46 pm – November 20, 2009
A quick review of a few key numbers in the U.C. tuition controversy.
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