Occupy CAL Audio Postcard

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A crowd of 5,000 gathered at the University of California Berkeley earlier this week in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to protest state cuts to education. Reporter Rhonda Miller sends this audio postcard from Occupy CAL.

This audio postcard was recorded Nov.15 when students voted to occupy the campus. The occupation of the main plaza was cleared by the university Nov. 17.