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Thursday: A Long Day

Kris Lovekin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:40:39 +0000

It wasn’t easy to host a meeting of the UC Board of Regents, but the campus did successfully hold one. The last time UCR hosted a UC Regents meeting, it was March of 2009 and it was a quiet affair, overshadowed to some extent by an inauguration for the chancellor. …

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HUB to Close Early Tonight

Ross French — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:28:06 +0000

The HUB is going to be shut down early tonight. Students will still be able to buy food at Latitude 55 and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

Chancellor Tim White Meets With Students Following Regents Meeting

Ross French — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 01:23:38 +0000

The Regents have left the building

Ross French — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:51:56 +0000

There was another way out of the building, and Regents have left the campus. Police officers are standing down. A total of two protesters were arrested during a protested that lasted several hours. Trying to counter some incorrect information that is out in social media. Nothing on the Regents agenda …

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Protests Continue Following Regents’ Meeting

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:35:34 +0000

Update at 3:34 p.m. Protesters have moved to the loading dock area, estimated at several hundred students. Drums are beating. Chanting comes and goes. Police are lined in front of HUB in riot gear.

Regents Meeting Comes to a Close

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:57:24 +0000

The Regents’ meeting at UC Riverside has ended. More information to come.

Presentations Continuing in Regents Meeting

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:17:05 +0000

Update at 1:31 p.m. Regents broke for 15 minutes to grab lunch and are now back in session talking about Educational Policy. Outside, protest activity continues with several hundred people and police barricades. Police are asking the crowd to disperse. Update at 1:12 p.m. Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, chancellor of UCSF, …

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Updates from 12 noon hour

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:46:34 +0000

The Regents meeting is still going on as scheduled and protests are taking place outside. (12:34 p.m.) Below are some photos from earlier today taken by Carrie Rosema.

Photos from the 11 a.m. hour

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:17:11 +0000

Regents Meeting Back in Session

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:06:47 +0000

The Regents’ public meeting has restarted following a disruption of about 45 minutes.

Photos and Updates from Inside the HUB

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:49:13 +0000

Updates at 10:52 a.m. Regents have reconvened in the original room after clearing the meeting facility of about 15 or so protesters who sat in a circle. The disruption was about 45 minutes. They left voluntary and peacefully. The meeting is continuing. Updates from inside the HUB on events taking …

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Photos from the 10 a.m. Hour at the UC Regents meeting

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:14:47 +0000

Photos From Regents Meeting During 9 a.m. Hour

Ross French — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:06:12 +0000

Photos taken during the 9 o’clock hour during the Regents’ meeting on January 19, 2011.

Protest inside the meeting

Kris Lovekin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:49:02 +0000

Public comment is over and protest continues. Regents Chair Sherry Lansing is asking for a chance to start the meeting. She has asked for the room to be cleared.

Some of the news coverage from yesterday

Kris Lovekin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:38:59 +0000

Craig Fiegener from NBC grabbed an interview with students and Chancellor Timothy P. White yesterday around the bell tower

The meeting is in progress

Kris Lovekin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:34:05 +0000

Pictures from outside the meeting

Kris Lovekin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:30:50 +0000

Morning brings more people

Kris Lovekin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:22:19 +0000

TV trucks are out in force in front of campus. More students are coming in to speak at the meeting. An audio feed is available. Public comment is ongoing, with comments related to objections to high tuition costs for students.

Press-Enterprise coverage includes photography

Kris Lovekin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:54:07 +0000

Press-Enterprise photographers Kurt Miller and Stan Lim took some good photos earlier today of activities surrounding the UC Regents meeting. The story by reporter Mark Muckenfuss is also online now. They even have a video by Duane Gang.

Meanwhile, around the bell tower…

Kris Lovekin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 22:20:30 +0000

More than 20 Occupiers gathered at the bell tower over the lunch hour, chanting about rising tuition, wealth inequality, and their right to protest. Another 20 to 30 people stopped to listen. At the same time, numerous student groups – from MECha, fraternities and a cycling club to proponents of …

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