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Article: UC-Berkeley students join march to Capitol for college diversity
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- May 6, 2004
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Melisa Masuda
University Wire
05-06-2004
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- About 2,000 college students and parents circled the California Capitol building Wednesday in the Million Student March, demanding that state legislators support five bills impacting issues from university admissions to illegal immigration.
Thirty-five University of California-Berkeley students joined the march, including a coalition of student lobbyists who pushed for state bills that they said would give minorities fair consideration in college admissions processes and help immigrants acquire driver licenses.
"We want to achieve greater student awareness and gain attention from legislators that ...