President Yudof responds to campus protest issues

University of California President Mark G. Yudof today (Nov. 20) announced the actions he is taking in response to recent campus protest issues:

I am appalled by images of University of California students being doused with pepper spray and jabbed with police batons on our campuses.

I intend to do everything in my power as president of this university to protect the rights of our students, faculty and staff to engage in non-violent protest.

Full letter

Related articles

• UC President Yudof 'Appalled' By UC Davis Pepper Spraying Students (sfist.com)
• UC officials to review Occupy protest policies (sfgate.com)
• US police pepper spray sitting protesters (heraldsun.com.au)
• University of California, Davis Occupy Demonstrators Pepper Sprayed (indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com)
• California campus police on leave after pepper-spraying (news.blogs.cnn.com)