In this article it talks about how a crowd of protesting students were out in front of a library at the Santa Monica College on Tusday April 3, 2012 because of the increased of tuitions. Many students were very upset at the fact that the tuition was begining to cost more all for just one class a semester. For example, lets say there was only one sociology class for the whole semester and many students are trying to fight and get into that class and the cost is a lot just for that one class. That is the conflict to this article and the reason why many students rioted and protested. Also during this incident a mob of officers stormed and started telling and yelling at students to leave campus and began spraying pepper spray in students eyes.
Here is a photo of one of the student who had gotten pepper sprayed in the eyes and someone helping him by poring milk into his eyes to ease the pain.
This article was a shock to me because I feel that those student should have the right to say that because of tuition being ridiculosly high all for to take one class that is only opened for the entre semester. I am not saying rioting or protesting is good ,however, we as college students have the right to say what is right and what is not right. This incident was insane and got many peoples attention including board members from the Santa Monica College and many more. Maybe there will be a change, may not be this very second, but hopefully in the future for many colleges and a change for tuitions.
By : Brandie Suncin
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2111313,00.html
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