Graduate students begin week of sit-ins to protest fees October 21, 2019 Graduate students Janet Ruppert and Lucy van Kleunen participate in the sit-in in the Regent Administrative Center to protest fees they pay. Oct. 21, 2019 (Kevin Wu / CU Independent) Graduate students at the University of Colorado Boulder kicked-off a week of protest against mandatory fees that they say are taking advantage of their right to work. Led by the Committee on Rights and Compensation (CRC), students held a sit-in Monday in the Regent Administrative Center which are set to continue from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. throughout the week, culminating in a walk-out Friday at noon on Farrand Field.