My article from the April 5 Front Page Magazine: Santa Monica Students Say Pepper Spraying a PR Victory By Matthew Vadum Santa Monica College students angry about tuition increases may have successfully tricked campus police into advancing their cause on Tuesday. Apparently unaware of California’s continuing descent into the fiscal abyss, students showed up in force at a college trustees’ meeting to protest a planned 300 percent increase in tuition for core courses. The college says the dramatic price hikes are necessary because state funding for higher education is drying up as California’s spendthrift public officials continue to lavish taxpayer-funded benefits … Continue reading Santa Monica Students Say Pepper Spraying a PR Victory