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Angry students statewide are protesting a 32-percent undergraduate tuition hike instituted by the California Board of Regents.

Protesting students and others say the increased tuition will hurt working and middle-class students who benefit from state-funded education. But officials argue that a fee increase and deep cuts in school spending are necessary because of a persistent budget crisis that has forced reductions across California's state government.