UC, Cal State Students Protest Corporate Ties, Tuition Hikes

Occupy protests are on the move in California, training their sights on both the University of California and the State Universities. Fears of violence shut down UC's Board of Regents today, while the State University Board of Trustees raised tuition. Protesters, including faculty, say officials are serving "the 1 percent" rather than "the 99 percent." Also, Occupy LA can't last forever, but can the LAPD negotiate an end game with a group that prides itself on not having leaders? On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, heavy new pressure on Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

Banner image: University of California, Berkeley students protest on campus as part of an 'open university' strike in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement November 15, 2011 in Berkeley, California. Photo by Max Whittaker/Getty Images