Campus protests don't always arise locally or focus on discrete issues or demands. Sometimes, they're not even led by students.
Those characteristics vex some senior student-affairs administrators in the University of California system, where a tumultuous combination of steep tuition increases and the high-profile national "Occupy" movement resulted in demonstrations that have ensnared at least two campuses—Berkeley and Davis—in lawsuits.
One question they wrestle with: Who should be the first to engage student protesters, administrators or campus police?
