UCD faculty who are teaching on the 24th may want to consider using the opportunity to inform and teach students about the issues that have caused the University to reach its current state. As mentioned in an earlier message, the Council of UC Faculty Associations has created a website with useful information at http://keepcaliforniaspromise.org/, including a PDF designed for use as a classroom handout, available at http://keepcaliforniaspromise.org/?p=230
Another good resource is the website http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/, which is the work of UCSB FA member Chris Newfield, former Chair of systemwide Academic Senate Planning and Budget. The top left corner of his blog has a list of materials faculty have created to communicate with students about the current crisis.