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Occupiers Battle for New Ground: College Campuses

Occupy Colleges starts new wave of protest movement

By Neal Colgrass, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 13, 2011 4:27 PM CST

(Newser) – With city police cracking down on Occupiers nationwide, many protesters are looking for a new place to set up camp: university lawns. Occupiers have pitches their tents at only a few schools so far, but several did so at Berkeley this week after some 3,000 people demonstrated against tuition prices. At Duke University, a physics major is hosting Occupy teach-ins in a four-tent bivouac, and Harvard has a highly exclusive 30-tent setup—open only to those with student ID.

Berkeley is home to a particularly incendiary battle for campus green-space, the New York Times reports. Police supported the school's zero-tolerance policy this week, breaking through a line of Berkeley Occupiers to dismantle tents and arrest demonstrators. Now a national group called Occupy Colleges is asking students to fight back on Tuesday by setting up camp on school grounds across California. “Encampment is one of the most powerful forms of peaceful civil disobedience,” one student says.

Kaelan Holmes sings and plays his guitar at the current new home for the "Occupy Seattle" encampment, at Seattle Central Community College, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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HappyHabenero

Nov 14, 2011 4:41 AM CST

Yeah....THAT'S going to go over well...rofl...I can just see them trying that at some local campus, then when told to beat it, get all outraged. Especially when the cuffs go on and they get charged for criminal trespass

glasswright

Nov 13, 2011 10:18 PM CST

Considering the student loan crisis going on right now, I think they definitely have the support on campuses. Especially at state schools, I've noticed most students are just plain pissed that they made the "fiscally responsible" decision to attend a cheap instate school, yet still end up needing student loans to pay for it. But they better hurry up on setting up those encampments, once finals weeks start rolling around, nobody is gonna want to risk getting arrested.

tman3220

Nov 13, 2011 9:38 PM CST

"Camp was completely vulnerable, completely defenseless" when police moved in, she said. "I'm disappointed that they created a sense of trust by walking away and then completely trampled it." This stuff is hilarious........ This girl is the best the libs have to offer i'm sure HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA..........

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