Students protest tuition hikes at Capitol | Politics

College students took to the state Capitol on Thursday to protest against deep cuts in education funding.

The students from Evergreen State College went into the Capitol building and sang, interrupting legislators on the floor.

Sen. Mike Carrell was speaking was speaking on the floor, discussing House Joint Resolution 4220, when he was gaveled quiet amid the noise from the gallery.

The students were warned and the Sergeant at Arms began escorting some of the students out.

Marches, strikes, teach-ins and walkouts were planned nationwide in what was being called the March 4th National Day of Action for Public Education.

In Seattle, hundreds of students gathered and picketed in the UW's Quad at 1 p.m.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.