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Students To Walk Out in Protest of Inauguration

By Diana Ho – Reporter
Thursday January 20, 2005


A group of students from various on-campus organizations plan to walk out of classes today in protest of President Bush’s second inauguration.

The event calls for a noon walk out from classes and meet at the Arbor, where students will march to Storke Plaza to rally against Bush administration policies and legislation. Student organizers have also planned for several guest speakers from different academic departments to speak at the rally, as well as a series of alternative workshops and classes to be held afterward.

Although no one particular student organization is in charge of organizing the rally, fourth-year communication and sociology major Ashley Chapman and second-year women’s studies major Tanya Paperny said that they helped coordinate the rally after receiving information about the national walkout from students in Washington, D.C. Chapman said that there are a number of reasons for the rally.

“First, is for students to stay in solidarity; second, to oppose Bush’s major policies and legislation; and lastly, to provide a chance for students to build coalitions and campaigns for the future,” Chapman said.

Speakers at the rally will focus on the increased cost of higher education, environmental protection, gay marriage, war, troops and their deployment, U.S. involvement in foreign affairs, and women’s rights. Rally speakers will include Grace Chang of the Women’s Studies Dept., Elizabeth Robinson of KCSB and others to be announced at the rally.

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