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Special thanks to “Shayizzle710″ for the video footage. Occupy movement moves from Wall Street, well it moves to everywhere now. Occupy Movement – Now at University of California, Riverside (UCR) due to the UC Regents Meeting. UCPD also in riot gear. Article: 1/19/2012 “Occupy Movement and ASUCR Advocate for Students Outside Regent Meeting” Julian Moore, writer Protesters emerged outside the University of California Regents Meeting on the University of California Riverside campus Wednesday to express their frustration with the latest round of budget cuts to the school system. The UC Regents announced plans to slash $750 million from the UC budget in 2012, in addition to a series of tuition increases and other budget reductions brought upon the schools since 2009. Some instructors led “teach-outs” by holding their courses outside of classrooms, while a number of student-led organizations, including Occupy Riverside and Associated Students of UCR, held rallies on the Riverside campus to protest fiscal decisions by the Regents. Cindy Liles, a third-year environmental studies major at UCR, said she joined Riverside’s Occupy encampment because of their involvement with other organizations, but that she agrees with their anger towards the Regents. “I’m coming close to graduation, and my last English requirement can’t be fulfilled because the class I needed got cut last year,” she says. Fellow Occupier Jasmine Kavezade, a third-year biology and psychology double major, said that …