University fees in California propel protests - KATY MURPHY, OAKLAND TRIBUNE

Proposition 30's victory at the polls may have ended the prospect of deep midyear budget cuts for California's public universities, but students are in no mood to celebrate. On Thursday, some of the very students who helped rally their campuses around the tax measure demonstrated across the Bay Area, demanding rollbacks to ever-rising tuition hikes and more space in overcrowded classes. Instead, they learned that the new revenue will do little to fix California's higher education funding crisis in the long-term, as the state's universities are still looking for creative ways to make space in lecture halls and squeeze more dollars from some students. http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_21962831/university-fees-california-propel-protests