http://archive.dailycal.org/archive/10.18.95/regents.txt - snips:
Proposed by the Special Committee on Regents' Procedures, the change was suggested after September's board meeting was disrupted three times by student protesters and ultimately closed to the public, regents said yesterday.
During one of the day's speeches, UC Berkeley student Cesar Romero verbally threatened regent Ward Connerly, who initiated the move to eliminate university affirmative action programs.
Connerly commented on the proposal to cut back public comment time yesterday, saying, "It is long overdue."
"We have allowed ourselves to become a human punching bag," Connerly said. "I, as one regent, was among the leaders to say we should open up the meetings." Members of student groups who support affirmative action said yesterday the regents' proposal to limit public comment shows their efforts to pressure the board have been successful. "I think it just shows they are reacting to the political pressure that students have put to the board of regents," said Diversity in Action member Hatem Bazian.
http://archive.dailycal.org/archive/07.18.95/regents.txt
"If it is passed, people will close down California Street as symbolic of California's future and in an attempt to send a clear message of opposition to closing affirmative action," said graduate student Hatem Bazian, coordinator of UC Berkeley's affirmative action coalition.
For Bazian, who has addressed the regents during several past meetings, Wilson's attendance may make the difference for the board, which he feels is split 50-50 on the issue.
"However, any narrow-margin vote is sending a signal that the institution is split on the issue. The only way Wilson can declare a victory is by a solid vote," Bazian said, adding that students will request an injunction from the courts to keep the policies from being implemented if they pass.
But --Here's "close" to the article I was looking for: Protest Against Regents Planned:
http://archive.dailycal.org/archive/09.14.95/regents.txt
Snips: Student protesters have threatened to disrupt the UC Board of Regents meeting today in San Francisco, the first since the vote to scrap affirmative action in July.
Although there is no time allotted on the agenda for discussing affirmative action, the UC Berkeley student group Diversity in Action (DIA) met last night to discuss plans to break up the meeting during the public comment period this morning.
"We are going to disrupt it, send a clear message that this was unacceptable, and send a clear message that we will disrupt every meeting from now on until they reverse their position," said DIA leader Hatem Bazian.