As world leaders descend on McCormick Place this weekend to debate the finer points of military strategy and fiscal policy, Chicago residents from Rogers Park to Calumet Heights will have to cope with road shutdowns, CTA delays, and the closure…
Topic: occupy
Students prep for NATO action at panel sponsored by administration
Students found a joint SG-admin panel about safe protest strategies useful, even if turnout was low.
View of the summit
NATO events offer unique opportunities for students to think and engage with Chicago.
For activists at Occupy, class is now in session
Environmentalist and spiritual leader Starhawk guided a workshop downtown on how to handle the Chicago Police Department.
Occupational therapy
The Woodlawn Clinic protest exposed some enlightening parallels in public spending.
Dozens arrested as activists seize Woodlawn mental health clinic
Activists hunkered down in a Woodlawn mental health clinic with one month’s provisions, until two dozen were arrested.
Students arrested at Occupy seek dismissal of charges
The students say that their protest is protected under their first amendment rights.
Professors praise Occupy, with slings and arrows for Rahm
The panelists included faculty in the political science and English departments here, as well as at Columbia University.
Occupy movement shows hope for cooperation, sociologist says
Richard Sennett (A.B. ’64) discussed the capacity of humans to cooperate Wednesday afternoon.
Changes to student manual target protest, some say
Students claim that changes to the Student Manual will limit expression and protest.
Pressing for objectivity
Comparing coverage of protests reveals American media’s hypocrisy.
Word on the street
Random student opinions on the Occupy movement.
RSOverlooked
ORCSA’s refusal to grant Occupy groups RSO status insults the movement’s legitimacy.
Pardon the Protest
The administration should protect the free speech rights of students just as much as those of speakers.