The UC Regents came to Santa Cruz on October 18th, 2006, for the first time in four years in order to learn about the Santa Cruz campus' various new activities. They were met by a speak out organized by a coalition of UCSC student and worker groups fed up with the Regents' undemocratic and unaccountable decision making processes and other issues, including: poverty wages, student fee hikes, education program cuts, campus expansion, lack of diversity outreach and retention, and the management of nuclear weapons laboratories at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos. Read more

Photos: Grim Pictures from UC Regents Protest at UCSC || Students Hold Speak-Out for Visiting Regents, Police Give Response || Weeping Wednesday: A Protest Against the UC Regents || Victims of Violence: When UC Police Attack || Highlights from UC Regents Protest at UCSC

Video: Regents Meeting (Short Video)

see also: Why We're Here and What We're Fighting For (on the UC Regents protest) || Summary of Events: UCSC Protests Regents Visit

earlier on Oct. 18th: AFSCME Action Kicks off Day of Unrest During UC Regents Visit to Santa Cruz