The act of civil disobedience which took place yesterday at UCLA was an expression of the demand that the UC Regents must be democratized. I, along with 15 of my compatriots, engaged in this direct action to force the issue of democratization into the deliberative forum which the UC Regents use to pass tuition hikes upon the student body. This unelected body has been operating without the consent of the governed for too long, and the situation demanded that someone take action in an attempt to raise awareness of this body and their sordid history of abuse of power. We took this action as participants of the UCLA Take Hold! University event, which attempts to create a democratic community of students on campus which may be replicated in the institutions of our society at large