CSU Students Stage Sit-In Over Budget Cuts

Fullerton - Students at California State University, Fullerton, are staging a campus sit-in they say will continue until the college president agrees to work with them on a plan to fight more education cuts.

Business student Cameron Mahdad said Tuesday the protest started Monday after CSUF President Milton Gordon refused to sign a symbolic declaration in defense of public education.

Gordon didn't immediately return a telephone call seeking comment.

Mahdad says about 25 students spent the night sleeping on the floor at Langsdorf Hall, the school's business administration building.

Two years ago, budget cuts forced tuition hikes, employee furloughs, course cutbacks and reduced enrollment at state universities. More cuts are expected this year.