The Board of Regents made their final decision on Nov. 29, to increase tuition by 32 percent much to student's dismay. According to the Los Angeles Times, of the 21 regents, only one student regent, Jesse Bernal, voted against the tuition spike. Alumni representative regent, Rolald Stovitz also was against the fee hikes in the professional graduate area. The regents assured that more financial aid would be given to students, but doesn't guarantee anything.
Students, faculty, and community did not take the news lightly. Some 100 protestors surrounded the parking garage at the UCLA campus, and wouldn't allow the regents to leave. Police had to clear a path for cars to leave. Demonstrators also blocked traffic in Westwood Village at UCLA. It wasn't just students and faculty from UCLA protesting, people from other campuses in California attended. Whether or not students from CSULB were there is unknown.
-Photo borrowed from Los Angeles Times
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