Schwarzenegger has said the recent cuts and fee increases were unavoidable given the state’s yawning budget gap. UC regents recently agreed to phase in a 30 percent fee increase, while fees in the California State University system have also ballooned. At UCSD yesterday, a large crowd of demonstrators staged a rally at the heart of campus, clanging cowbells and shaking tambourines as they decried recent state cuts totaling more than $84 million there. Many called on UC President Mark Yudof to quit. They say he is allowing the university to be dismantled while letting salaries among UC executives remain high.

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by Steve Schmidt, The San Diego Union-Tribune.

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