Students protest proposed UC tuition hike

Students shout their disapproval after the University of California Board of Regents voted to raise tuition Thursday in San Francisco.   (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

From left to right, State Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Jerry Brown, and University of California President Janet Napolitano listen to students speak during the public comments portion of the UC Regents meeting in San Francisco on Thursday.  (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Yvette Felarca, an alumni of UC Berkeley and member of the group By Any Means Necessary, claps and yells as a vote is taken to raise tuition during a meeting of the University of California Board of Regents in San Francisco.  (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

University of California police push student protesters back behind barricades outside a meeting of the UC Board of Regents in San Francisco.  (Eric Risberg / Associated Press)

Several hundred UC San Diego students, including Andrew Villalobos, gathered on the walkway in front of Geisel Library in a sit-in to protest a proposed hike in tuition at UC schools.  (John Gastaldo / Associated Press)

A student walks past a chalk-written protest against tuition hikes on the wall outside Powell Library at UCLA.  (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

UC Davis students Felicia Garcia, left, Julian Mariano, center, and Kimmy Tran, right, protest the proposed fee increase at UC Davis.  (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Associated Press)

Fifth-year student and former ASUCD senator Kabir Kapur, left, leads demonstrators as they march through campus to Mrak Hall protesting the proposed fee increase at UC Davis.

UC Davis students march through campus past students lounging in hammocks on to Mrak Hall protesting the proposed tuition hike.

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, left, talks to students outside of Mrak Hall as they occupy the building protesting the proposed fee increase at UC Davis.  (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Associated Press)

UC Davis students occupy Mrak Hall protesting the proposed tuition increase.  (Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Associated Press)