Comments on: Why the UC protests are justified

By: John Jeracevich

John Jeracevich — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:03:40 +0000

yeah The occupiers were demanding the university rehire laid-off custodial workers and give amnesty to anyone arrested in the protest

By: Mark Daniel@Abs Workout

Mark Daniel@Abs Workout — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:03:22 +0000

About 30 to 50 protesters staged a takeover of Campbell Hall at UCLA on Thursday, as regents met across campus to approve the fee hike. More than 50 students were arrested during protests at UC Davis.

By: Reza

Reza — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:32:39 +0000

Are all universities over the US doing the same thing to their students?

By: Chris Mladenovski@Christmas Wine Gifts

Chris Mladenovski@Christmas Wine Gifts — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 13:44:57 +0000

Here is where you should define the words: civil disobedience and justified, and set up a strict standard for the what is civil disobedience and what isn’t and what is justifiable and what isn’t justifiable. Make it clear where to draw the line between civil disobedience and civil obedience and between justifiable and non-justifiable. These lines should be clearly distinguishable. For example if I was to bring up another protest, I should be able to easily fit them into a category of either justifiable or non-justifiable and civil disobedience or civil obedience based upon your guideline.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:45:51 +0000

@Charles: I agree, and in fact one of the biggest chants of the protests has been, “Chop from the top!”. Athletic programs can be a lot as well, but those have taken cuts as well. At UCSC we lost several sports completely. I don’t like cutting anything, and I think athletics can bring a lot to a university, but I understand there’s a time when something needs to go. But it should be much more of a last resort than it is.

By: mimar

mimar — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:16:55 +0000

I checked out the link to the article you posted, and it makes me wonder if more universities all over the US are doing the same thing to their students.

By: Charles@Las Vegas Homes

Charles@Las Vegas Homes — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 05:36:21 +0000

Funny how they don’t think about cutting back on the highest paid administrators salaries first…..which would have made up the budget loss. I wonder what they spend on athletic programs….

By: Suzanne Klamentz@Oil Painting, Australia

Suzanne Klamentz@Oil Painting, Australia — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:12:56 +0000

It’s like universities are forgetting why they exist in the first place. I understand the research that comes out of a university can be very important, but surely there’s a better way to compromise than simply price gouging the students.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:52:29 +0000

@Ron: I completely agree. The public needs to take the university back.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:50:04 +0000

@Mark: I’m actually not too sure if other universities are having similar problems. I know that a lot of other states besides California are in fiscal troubles now, so it wouldn’t surprise me to see more public universities in the same boat. The UC system gets a lot of attention because, system-wide, it’s always been regarded as a great example of quality cheap higher education. I’d imagine private universities aren’t having nearly the same troubles that public ones are :/