In a day full of angry citizens locking themselves to large buildings, three students were also arrested this morning after chaining themselves to the entrance of the UCSF Mission Bay community center. It seems that they're hot and bothered over the UC Regents for a myriad of reasons, but mainly because of "fee hikes, the use of the SAT exam in student admissions, UC management of nuclear-weapons laboratories, and what they called the university's lack of diversity." Also, members of the UC Regent clan are appointed by the governor, not via election. Boo.

What's more, these kids mean business. They're chaining themselves to areas around the building using bike locks around their necks, which sounds pretty dangerous. (Be careful -- especially you there at left.) The Gate reports that four people were still shackled to the doors, at least as of 9:30 a.m. Three of them are students and the fourth, it seems, is a "former student who said he had dropped out as a protest of UC policies." While we would like to call bullshit on the fourth student, we can't. Hate for the Regents runs pretty deep with most UC students.

Today, a little before noon, a suicide attempt occurred at Hastings Law School. We received the information via our Contribute section (which, by all means, do) and from Introducing Ashley. (Aw) She reports that a "female student had attempted to jump from the 21st floor. Luckily, her friends and local police were able to talk her back inside."

What's more, she goes on to say in her blog that "[i]t is amazing to me how much death there is at UC Hastings. We seem to be averaging one suicide a term." Really? Why are UC Hastings law students trying to off themselves at such a (seemingly) high rate? Hey, most of us wanted to get into Boalt, but that doesn't mean that things won't get better. Chin up, UCH.


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