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CSU Students Stage Sit-In To Protest Budget Cuts

FULLERTON (CBS) — A group of 50 California State University Fullerton and Dominguez Hills students and faculty are conducting a sit-in Tuesday at the Fullerton campus' administration building to protest cuts to the university system's budget.

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KNX 1070's Bob Brill Reports

The sit-in was started by 20 Fullerton students at 9 p.m. Monday in Langsdorf Hall, following a meeting with university President Milton Gordon, where he was asked to sign the "Declaration to Defend Education," or write a joint statement.

Instead, Gordon wrote his own statement supporting education.

Students remained on the second floor of the building after the meeting because Gordon "was unwilling to work with them on a joint statement they all could support," students said in a release.

Students from California State University Dominguez Los Angeles students are also expected to join the sit-in.

Campus police said they would not remove them and locked the doors for entry at 10 p.m. Monday, planning to reopen the doors in the morning. The doors were open for students to leave the building.

"We're making our periodic checks to check on their wellbeing," CSU Fullerton campus police Sgt. Thomas Higgs said.

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