Reply #77: Then these protest pix from March might bring a smile to your face!

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I had my camera at work in March to make pix of some of the beautiful tributes to Eve Carson, former student body president who had been murdered. Little did I know that the SDS had organized a march on South Building on March 19th. I heard the drums first, followed by the chants, so I grabbed my camera and ran to the front steps, only to see the students appearing to be leaving campus and headed to Franklin St, and this was the shot I got. I was extremely disappointed. I didn't realize that they were going to encircle!





My favorite pix! See the students flashing the peace sign to me! I felt that I must have looked like Richard Nixon with both arms stretched upward in a "V", flashing the peace sign. You can see from the expressions on some of the students' faces that they weren't expecting to see anyone from administration cheering them on! I absolutely LOVED it!



Different shot - these kids really took a lot of time and were creative! Three figures (one lsightly hidden) representing see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil translated to not seeing, not hearing, and not speaking out against. But, peace junkie that I am the peace dove was my absolute favorite.





Since this march, the SDS has successfully staged a 24/7 sit-in in South Building, demanding that administration not renew contracts with sweatshop entities who produce many of UNC-logo items. I didn't make any pix of the sit-in, and now I regret it. We had to step over sleeping bodies in the rotunda each morning. These kids really had it organized, though. Food was brought in, and they rotated shifts. Campus police were there 24/7 also. I guess they were afraid of vandalism, but the kids weren't about that. On the 7th day of the sit-in, some of the protesters stormed the Chancellor's office, so were ultimately arrested. I don't know what transpired, but they were out of the building by that afternoon with no trace that they had ever been there.

Our outgoing Chancellor is leaving this sweatshop-contract task for our Chancellor Elect who begins work on Tuesday.

3 size pix because I am tired and not paying attention to re-sizing in photobucket. Apologies.