Protest against tuition spike

Students occupied an administration building for nearly four days due to the raise in tuition at university of California. About 70% of students avoided arrest after the surrender up the building and moving out to a different location. At UC Berkeley on Friday night, 41 protesters occupying a building were arrested. Authorities decided to cite them for trespassing and release them rather than take them to jail, per an agreement with student leaders. The students held the protest cause of 32% increases in tuition fee that the board had passed. University officials said the $505 million to be raised by the tuition increase is needed to prevent even deeper cuts than those already made due to California's persistent financial crisis. There will be 2 phases in the raise of tuition. First phase will take effect in January will raise undergraduate tuition to $8,373. The second phase kicks in next fall, raising tuition to $10,302. I think they should have all the employees, administration, faculty etc. to take an across the board pay-cut to pay for the tuition hike. I bet you won't have many of them willing to help out, because when it comes to one’s own pocket book. Regardless of contracts an effort could be made as a voluntary contribution from all of them including alumni. There's always a middle ground, students should not have to bear the full burden.