Students disrupt UC Regents meeting at UC Riverside

RIVERSIDE - A group of protesters burst into the University of California Board of Regents meeting at UC Riverside today, bringing proceedings to a halt as they clamored for a tuition freeze and higher taxes on the wealthy.

The 16 or so students and their supporters arrived at the regents' open session in the UCR Union Highlander Building shortly before 9 a.m., lining up as if to address the board.

Instead, they soon broke into chants, shouting down board Chair Sherry Lansing as she tried to restore order.

''You're not letting us do our business,'' Lansing said over her microphone.

When UCR po...