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A young man chanted as three police officers wrestled him to the floor. “Students united,” he screamed, “will never be defeated!”
A young woman, her hands bound with white plastic cuffs, shrieked as two officers dragged her across the floor. “I have a right to be in here,” she yelled. “I have a right to be here.”
On Monday evening, a day of passionate, but peaceful protests against tuition hikes and student loans ended in violence at the City University of New York’s Baruch College. Inside a campus building where the university’s trustees were holding a public hearing, demonstrators carrying signs clashed with police officers carrying night sticks. Fifteen protesters were arrested after forcing their way into the building and refusing orders to exit the lobby.
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One item on the agenda, a proposed tuition increase—of $300 a year for the next five years—drew college students from around the city to Baruch’s campus. Although the CUNY system’s average tuition and fees are low compared with what many other state institutions charge, the proposed hikes here have stirred emotions among many students and faculty members.
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