UPDATE 3:30 PDT:

BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA-- Hours after a student walkout protesting massive budget cuts in the UC system began at UC Berkeley the protests continue. Gathered here are excerpts and photos from Youth Radio's coverage originally reported on our Twitter feed @youthradio:

 

@youthradio #UCwalkout they've taken over bancroft way

 

 

 

 

 

 For more on the student walkouts see "UC Students Energized By Diversity, Turnout at Budget Cut Protest"

 

 

 

Original post follows after the jump...

 

Youth Radio is covering the UC Walkout on the campus of Berkeley via our Twitter account.We are retweeting the news and views on the walkout there with tweets that we don't have here in this post. Follow the news and discussions in real time on Twitter.

Excerpted below are the highlights of our coverage, along with tweets from others at the UC Walkouts.

 

 

 

 

@youthradio #UCwalkout Best seats in the house?

 

 

 

 

 

 

@youthradio #UCwalkout Ricardo Gomez has a full-ride scholarship,but has seen his friends struggle

 

 

@youthradio: #UCwalkout crowd starts to build
@youthradio #UCwalkout Faculty member Tim Clark addresses an enthusiastic crowd
@ncecire: T. J. Clark is talking now. Largest crowd I have ever seen on Sproul. #ucwalkout
@ncecire: "The UC system is a fundamental public resource." Clark is ticked. #ucwalkout

 

 

 

 

 

 

@youthradio #UCwalkout mattea perrotta says her classes are so pakced, students sit on the floor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@youthradio: #UCwalkout more signs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@youthradio: these two 18-year-olds are worried about high schoolers who won't be able to afford cal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

@youthradio: Tracy Nguyen, 20, says as a low-income student, cuts are especially hard. She's walking out today.

 

@youthradio: Got a favorite sign?

 

 

@youthradio: Cars and trucks are honking their support for protesters as they drive by.

@youthradio: Fav. Chant so far: "they say furlough, we say hell no!"

 

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