During the regents’ morning session, 18 students staged a sit-down demonstration, causing the meeting to stop for about 50 minutes and then resume with limited public access. There were no arrests in that incident, but protesters continued to gather outside the building where the regents were meeting. When some regents and university staff tried to leave for the day, students climbed on top of several vehicles and blocked them. With about 200 protesters gathered in the campus roadway, the remaining officials waited inside for about two hours to avoid a confrontation. Police eventually escorted them out on foot via an alternative route.

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by Larry Gordon, The Los Angeles Times.

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