California Highway Patrol officers carry out a protester after he refused to leave the state Capitol in Sacramento on Monday. Dozens of protesters were arrested after repeated warnings, capping off a day of rallies over cuts to higher education. AP photo

As many as 5,000 students from around the state gather at the Capitol to protest the rising cost of higher education in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March 5, 2012. College students, teachers and supporters from around the state converged on the Capitol demanding state lawmakers to restore funding for higher education. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Mark Weirick, an alumni from California State University, Monterey Bay, joined with dozens of others at a sit-in against cuts to higher education held in the rotunda of the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, March, 5, 2012. Thousands of college students, teachers and supporters marched to the Capitol as part of a day long protest over state budget cuts to education. The day was capped off with dozens of protesters were arrested after repeated warnings to leave the Capitol after it closed.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)