NYU has gone in hard against the student occupation by suspending 18of them when the sit-in ended Friday. This is likely to lead to more action and the admins hope of nipping things in the bud will surely blow up in their face. NYU's polce-state methods included photographing occupiers and calling in the police, pepper spray and all.
From the New York Times
A protest by New York University students seeking negotiations with school officials over financial and academic issues ended Friday after almost 40 hours, with students leaving a dining room that had been barricaded and a school spokesman announcing the suspensions of 18 of the participants pending a disciplinary review...
...Ms. Quadir said that those inside the room were photographed and asked to present identification and that school officials distributed letters to N.Y.U. students that stated, "You are suspended from, and classified as a persona non grata at New York University...
...students who had been suspended said they would continue their campaign.
"We are fighting for transparency," said Drew Phillips, a junior majoring in philosophy. “What we need right now is the support of everybody." more
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