Unlimited Access?

Byuclafaculty
Apparently not at UC-Santa Cruz tomorrow.

Organizers of the group that aims to shut down UC Santa Cruz will hold rallies at 4:30 a.m., noon and 5 p.m. Thursday at UCSC, according to a release from Occupy Education. The release said a group of UCSC students, workers and community members have decided on a strike to shut down the campus starting at 4:30 a.m.
Other that emergency vehicles, residents on campus and necessary exceptions, all traffic onto campus will be blocked, the release continued…  
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Update: Car plows through Occupy Education demonstrators blocking entrance to UCSC campus
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_20078788

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