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| 2009-02-20 |
| The whole world ain't watching! The whole world ain't watching! Cops clashed early Friday with a band of renegade New York University student protestors and a crowd who came out to support their list of demands. About two dozen members of the Take Back NYU! Coalition have been holed up inside a campus cafeteria since Wednesday night. And despite threats of expulsion and arrest if they didn't leave the building by 1 a.m. Friday, they still hadn't budged. "We're trying to take back our school," one student told the Daily News. Sorry, kids, but you don't own the school... The group wants greater transparency in the university's budget, scholarships for students from Palestine and for surplus supplies to be donated to the Islamic university in Gaza, according to a list of talking points the group handed out to demonstrators. I'd love to see that list. I'll bet it'd bring back memories... They have surplus ammo at NYU to donate? As the 1 a.m. deadline drew near, tensions mounted between students and cops. "Everyone was pretty chill, but some people got out of hand, and that's when problems started," said freshman Brooke Lieberwitz, 18, who majors in tourism. Time to go, children. Playtime's over. By 1:30 a.m., it was on. NYPD cops must be getting liberal. They gave them an extra half hour... "We were peacefully demonstrating our right of free speech, then the police just had to lay it down, lay hands on us," said an NYU sophomore who asked not to be identified. "That isn't right. That's when things got out of control." Time to go, hippies... Police officials said the problems began when students failed to obey reasonable commands. I say again, Time to go hippies. The 60's are over... "Batons started flying," the sophomore said. "At least a dozen people got injured. This is a clear case of police brutality." Heh heh heh. Granny and gramps probably never told them what it was like to take a nightstick upside the head. Probably just told them about Peace and Love and good weed... Officials couldn't immediately confirm whether anyone was injured. Let's hope so... A student identified by fellow protestors as Alex Deschuamps was carted from the scene in a police car after climbing a 'No Parking' sign. Charges against Deschuamps are pending. Death to facist "No Parking" signs! 'Carted' from the scene? That sounds painful .. and hopeful ... A list of the students' demands begins: "We, the students of NYU, declare an occupation of this space. This occupation is the culmination of a two year campaign by the Take Back NYU! Coalition, and of campaigns from years in whose footsteps we follow." Right arm! Power to the purple, man! That's "Right on and power to the people", Moonbeam. It is? Student support for the protestors and their cause was far from universal."It's ridiculous," said Mitchell Goulding, 18, who works for the school newspaper. "Everyone was with them if they were focusing on budgetary disclosure, but somehow Gaza got involved, and 20 other demands, and they lost people." Goulding didn't bite his tongue."The general consensus right now among the student body is that they are a bunch of idiots," he said. There may be hope yet... Gaza always gets thrown in, because the student Paleo symps, the ISM and the other leftie organizations always throw it in. It's part of their mantra and it's how they do 'coalition' building, by getting every wacko group on campus to come in with them. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #14 Kids, here is some free advice: if you want to "take back NYU", you need to graduate, get a REALLY good job, make LOTS of money, donate it to your alma mater, and get elected to the board of directors. You can also use the money you inherit from Mommy and Daddy. Unfortunately, such a plan will take many years - possibly your whole life. And by the time you accomplish it, I'll bet that your priorities and views will have changed quite a bit. You'll probably look back and think "what a moron I was back then". |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2009-02-20 18:37 |
| #13 Play 'em some old Humble Pie at top volume. I suggest "Thirty Days In The Hole"... |
| Posted by: mojo 2009-02-20 18:05 |
| #12 "Fawn used to touch me like that." "I know, she told me." |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-02-20 13:43 |
| #11 I was gonna call her Fawn Lieberwitz, but I didn't know how many people would get the joke... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-20 13:01 |
| #10 Brooke Lieberwitz? I thought she was killed in the kiln explosion? Maybe she was only in a coma for the last 46 years. Man, that is so neat! All they needed now is 10,000 marbles and the Deathmobile! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2009-02-20 12:58 |
| #9 The editor of the school paper, Gould, "The general consensus right now among the student body is that they are a bunch of idiots," he said. |
| Posted by: Beavis 2009-02-20 12:23 |
| #8 The school is, was and will be the taxpayer's. I believe that NYU is a private school. I suspect that many alums would have issues with supporting palestinians. "Taking back" the school implies that they "had" the school at some point. budgetary disclosure Sounds like tuition is going up. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-02-20 12:17 |
| #7 I say we donate our surplus students to the Islamic University in Gaza. Starting with this bunch of nitwits. I mean majoring in Tourism? What the f-k is that? Is that like majoring in cathousing? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2009-02-20 12:06 |
| #6 ...occupation is the culmination of a two year campaign by the Take Back NYU! Coalition So the occupation of a cafeteria represents the culmination of a two year campaign. That sounds about |
| Posted by: charger 2009-02-20 11:51 |
| #5 Think Ms. Lieberwitz is aware of the fact that the all the cool kids at the Islamic university in Gaza would probably gleefully dance over her dead body if they had the chance? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2009-02-20 11:37 |
| #4 "We're trying to take back our school," I beleive this person is mistaken. The school is, was and will be the taxpayer's. It was never "yours" to begin with, and thus can never be "retaken", but taken. That means stealing. Which means you are nothing more than common thieves attempting to take what does not belong to you. You should be justly treated as such. |
| Posted by: Lagom 2009-02-20 11:30 |
| #3 said freshman Brooke Lieberwitz, 18, who majors in tourism. And could there be a more concise example of why American higher education is so f**ked up? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2009-02-20 11:27 |
| #2 Nothing stops these clowns from using their own money and resources or working to create that money and resources to do as they see fit. No, they just want to rip off someone else's labor, skill, and time to redistribute. They should run for office as Donks then, call it a ME Stimulus Package. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-02-20 11:22 |
| #1 In the immortal words of Chief Wiggum, "it's time for an old-fashioned hippie ass-whomping!" |
| Posted by: gromky 2009-02-20 11:13 |