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Police walk up Westwood Plaza around 7:45 a.m. before the UC Regents meeting at the James West Alumni Center. Officers from UCPD and various other local police forces were present on Monday morning.

Police arrived with riot control gear in preparation for the UC Board of Regents meeting.

Police officers arrived armed with various firearms to protect the members of the Board of Regents in attendance from protesters outside of the James West Alumni Center.

The UC Regents meeting at James West Alumni Center was adjacent to the Occupy UCLA protesters’ encampment in Bruin Plaza.

Second-year English and math student Seth Newmeyer makes a sign before the UC Regents meeting at James West Alumni Center.

Students rally outside of the James West Alumni Center, protesting rising tuition and police brutality and advocating for immigrants’ rights.

Students protest outside of James West Alumni Center.

Students rally outside of the James West Alumni Center during the UC Board of Regents meeting’s public comment section.

Student demonstrators began gathering outside of the James West Alumni Center early Monday morning to protest the UC Regents meeting held there.

A police officer holds a 40mm less than lethal weapon capable of firing tear gas and beanbag rounds.

KT Bender, a first-year geography graduate student, stands outside of the James West Alumni Center. Bender acted as a facilitator during the unplanned student discussion with the UC Regents later in the day.

A student holds a sign in Bruin Plaza outside of the John Wooden Center.

A few hundred protesters gathered in front of the James West Alumni Center to protest tuition increases and fee hikes.

A group of UCLA students hold up signs outside of the Ackerman Student Union across from the alumni center.

Protesters came prepared with gas masks in the event that police employed chemical agents to disperse crowds.

Eleven members of the UC Board of Regents were present at James West Alumni Center on Monday morning.

Chairman of the UC Board of Regents Sherry Lansing provided opening comments denouncing police brutality, affirming the regents’ support of peaceful free speech and pledging their support for affordable education.

Graduate student Cheryl Deutsch, a member of the ReFund California Coalition and one of the 11 protesters who were arrested for shutting down the Westwood-Wilshire intersection on Nov. 9, speaks during the public commentary section of the UC Board of Regents meeting at James West Alumni Center.

Graduate student in education Anthony Trochez addresses the regents using the “human microphone” tactic commonly utilized by Occupy protesters.

USAC President Emily Resnick addresses the regents during the public commentary section of Monday’s meeting. Resnick called for an end to police brutality of peaceful protesters in her comments.

UC Santa Barbara undergraduate student president Harrison Weber made the trip to UCLA to address the Board of Regents.

Raquel Saxe, USAC commissioner of Academic Affairs, stressed that students are the group most negatively affected by budget cuts to the UC system, while urging the Board of Regents to do all in its power to make public education as affordable as possible.

USAC External Vice President Joelle Gamble reinforces her message to the Board of Regents by emphasizing her shirt.

UC Regent Eddie Island speaks with members of the Occupy UCLA movement that were in attendance for the meeting. Some of the activists refused to shake Island’s hand.

Chair of the UC Board of Regents Sherry Lansing, center, speaks with members of the public after the regents concluded their meeting concerning the UC budget.

(Center, left to right) UC Riverside chancellor Timothy P. White, UC Board of Regents Chair Sherry Lansing, UCLA chancellor Gene Block, and regent Eddie Island joined the discussion held by Occupy UCLA activists after the regents had finished their budget meeting. Despite the effort at collaboration between the two groups, tensions remained high throughout the discussion.

First-year graduate student in geography KT Bender (left) speaks with UCLA chancellor Gene Block.

Police officers leave the James West Alumni Center following the UC Regents meeting held there Monday.