Occupy protests, demonstrations emerge at universities across the U.S.

[Kadie]

Occupy protests, demonstrations emerge at universities across the U.S.
Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 4:28 PM Updated: Saturday, November 19, 2011, 4:29 PM

MIAMI — Mo Tarafa stood before students at a small, outdoor concrete auditorium at Florida International University and called for volunteers to sit in the 10 chairs before her. Each chair, she said, represented 10 percent of the wealth in the United States and 10 percent of the population.

The students, mostly in their 20s and wearing jeans and T-shirts on a balmy fall Thursday afternoon in Miami, took their places. Then Tarafa asked nine of the students to squeeze together into five of the chairs. This, she said, was the distribution of wealth in 1996.

Next she asked nine students to fit into three of the chairs.
This, she said, is the distribution of wealth today.

"How are you all feeling right now?" she said.

"Uncomfortable," said one of the students piled up on one another.

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http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/11/occupy_protests_demostrations.html

[doublethink]

1. Needs a .....

:kick:

[roguevalley]

2. finally, academia is reaching up and out! YAY!