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Though the Legislature appears poised to back Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed $1.4 billion in cuts to higher education, hundreds of students across the state still turned out on Wednesday to let it be known that the cuts will have damaging effects on the quality of their education.

State universities and community colleges throughout the state planned a “Day of Action” on Wednesday, staging peaceful protests at many campuses. Schools such as CSU Chico,  Riverside Community College, CSU Northridge, and others rallied to protest tuition and fee increases, job cuts, and other measures taken to deal with the blows from Sacramento.

The protests across the state varied in size from 50 to a few hundred.

UC Davis has potential plans to cut up to 500 jobs, increasing student fees, admitting more out-of-state students, expanding shared service centers to improve efficiency, as well as 

UC-wide tuition increases.  KCRA Sacramento reported that about 100 students attended their protest, chanting, carrying signs, and marching to buildings.  

At UC Riverside, there are plans in the works to limit the number of units non-honors students may take.

UC Berkeley newspaper the Daily Californian  reported 100 Berkeley protestors (a significant decrease in numbers from their Oct 7, 2010 protest) were heard chanting, “No cuts, no fees, education must be free” and “we will march, we will fight, education is our right.”

Berkeley junior Romeo Ferrer said, "Today is pivotal. A lot of schools around the state are fighting, it's a continuation of what happened in Sacramento with the UCSA lobbying conference, I worry about my brothers and sisters coming to the institutions, if it's hard for us how much harder will it be for them?”

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Students at UC Santa Cruz went to more extreme measures to display their opinions, using a few hundred protestors to spell out “Free Education” with their bodies. (Find a picture here.)

UCLA planned a day long series of protests, beginning at 6:30 a.m. and continuing until 5:30 p.m. Their day was planned to include walk-outs, picketing, teach-ins, music and dance performances, and collaboration with other schools.  Their campaign included chants of “Chop from the top,” encouraging their administration to cut executive paychecks before raising student fees.