Talk about rolling out the welcome mat for new students. Some University of California professors are so peeved that UC’s Office of the President has forbidden them from taking furloughs on teaching days that they’re planning to walk out on their classes later this month. The date they’ve chosen – Sept. 24 – is the first day of class at several UC campuses, including UC Davis. Professors advocating for the walkout say they can make political inroads by forcing students to feel the impact of budget cuts prompting the furloughs… John Oakley, a UC Davis law school professor and vice chairman of the Academic Senate at Davis, said walkout organizers do not officially represent the UC faculty; the Academic Senate does. "It’s too soon to say whether this is a marginal movement or a popular movement," he said. "(A walkout) would be a grave step in defying the administrative leadership of the university." A spokesman for the Office of the President said the letter is "simply a threat."

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

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