2008 Woodie Awards
Mixed reactions surround strike: Republican club leads anti-rally
Derrick Perkins, Collegian Staff
Issue date: 11/15/07 Section: News
"GEO can't strike, professors can't strike and can't let their kids skip class," he said. "They cannot require you to attend their protest."
According to GEO's Vice President Aaron Winslow, Cutting's information was incorrect.
"GEO cannot endorse a strike," he said. "GEO is not striking."
DeFlumeri disagreed.
"The grad student senate, [teaching assistants], GEO are one and the same. They're inextricably linked," he said. "We feel as though GEO is behind the strike."
Cutting called on the University to fire graduate students who cancelled classes during the two-day student strike and told the crowd every student had the right to sue GEO over missed classes.
Cutting spoke in support of the presence of police officers in campus residence halls, and told the crowd that UMPD officers behave lawfully and students who possess guns or drugs deserved to get arrested "for being stupid."
"Cops are going in without any warrants and with no uniform," said Student Trustee Ruth Thompson. "Until [students] get arrested, they didn't even know that there are [plainclothes police officers] in the dorms dressed as pizza delivery guys. [The Republican club] did not even address those concerns."
Thompson - who looked on with other members of the SGA during the rally - announced the list of events during the strike at the conclusion of the protest.
"Students who are out there [during the strike] and care about the issues are going to show the number of people who are for the strike and who are for student rights and about changing the issues," she said.
Thompson did not think the rally changed many students' minds about supporting the strike. The goal of the strike and the teach-ins scheduled throughout the two days of the class boycott was educating students on how the issues that had impacted the campus were also affecting academics and social life, Thompson said.
According to DeFlumeri, he had been contacted by alumni who opposed the strike as well as students in the past few days.
According to GEO's Vice President Aaron Winslow, Cutting's information was incorrect.
"GEO cannot endorse a strike," he said. "GEO is not striking."
DeFlumeri disagreed.
"The grad student senate, [teaching assistants], GEO are one and the same. They're inextricably linked," he said. "We feel as though GEO is behind the strike."
Cutting called on the University to fire graduate students who cancelled classes during the two-day student strike and told the crowd every student had the right to sue GEO over missed classes.
Cutting spoke in support of the presence of police officers in campus residence halls, and told the crowd that UMPD officers behave lawfully and students who possess guns or drugs deserved to get arrested "for being stupid."
"Cops are going in without any warrants and with no uniform," said Student Trustee Ruth Thompson. "Until [students] get arrested, they didn't even know that there are [plainclothes police officers] in the dorms dressed as pizza delivery guys. [The Republican club] did not even address those concerns."
Thompson - who looked on with other members of the SGA during the rally - announced the list of events during the strike at the conclusion of the protest.
"Students who are out there [during the strike] and care about the issues are going to show the number of people who are for the strike and who are for student rights and about changing the issues," she said.
Thompson did not think the rally changed many students' minds about supporting the strike. The goal of the strike and the teach-ins scheduled throughout the two days of the class boycott was educating students on how the issues that had impacted the campus were also affecting academics and social life, Thompson said.
According to DeFlumeri, he had been contacted by alumni who opposed the strike as well as students in the past few days.
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Mike Trabert
posted 11/15/07 @ 12:15 PM EST
How come this story was above the crease? At the most there was only 20 students at the anti-rally. I'm not saying that this isn't news. I just don't agree that it deserved the front page. (Continued…)
Nicholas Limbeck
posted 11/15/07 @ 4:15 PM EST
I'm confused how some students like these Republicans prefer that our government raise their tuition and use the rest of their taxes on bombs.
But of course, every power structure needs their PAWNS. (Continued…)
Matt
posted 11/15/07 @ 5:54 PM EST
They are protesting against police presence in the dormitories. Then when some female student gets raped, they will be protesting against lack of police presence in dormitories. (Continued…)
Aaron
posted 11/20/07 @ 9:59 AM EST
Real Republicans wouldn't oppose populist demands or publicly suggest measures that contradict equal access to education and diversity in the state's flagship public university. (Continued…)
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