Protesters gather at UCLA to oppose UC fee hike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 demonstrators are chanting and marching around a UCLA building where University of California regents are scheduled to vote on a 32 percent fee increase for next year.
Protesters from several UC campuses stayed overnight at a campus tent city to take part in a second day of demonstrations on Thursday.
UCLA spokesman Phil Hampton says 30 to 50 students also have staged a sit-in at an ethnic studies building and have chained shut the doors. They're peaceful and are being allowed to stay.
Fourteen people were arrested Wednesday for failure to disperse or disturbing the peace.
Protests are also reported at other UC campuses but no further arrests have been reported.
The regents say cuts in state aid leave are forcing the tuition hike.
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