***********//////////\\\\\\\\\\@@@@@@@@@@<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>***************** "When I dare to be powerful- to use the strength in the service of my vision, Then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." -Audre Lorde ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 09:39:47 +0100 From: UppityWmyn/Judy A. Ashley <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: Columbia students arrested April 10th >Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 23:54:06 -0400 (EDT) >From: Daniel Gonzalo Alarcon <[log in to unmask]> >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: Rafael Palmieri Collazo <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Ethnic Studies (fwd) >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >April 10, 1996 > > FIFTEEN COLUMBIA STUDENTS ARRESTED IN TAKEOVER OF > ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING!!!!! > >On DAY 10 of the Columbia University hunger strike for an Ethnic Studies >Departmen, approximately fifteen students were arrested in Low Library >and charged with trespassing. These arrests come a day after over 150 >students stormed into Low Library, the primary administrative building of >the University. The students remained in the building throughout the >evening. > >This morning, students secured all the entrances to the building, >disrupting many University activities. Since this morning all access to >the campus has been restricted to people with Columbia Identification >only. > >At 11:30 this morning, New York police officers in full riot gear entered >the south east side of Low Library and arrested 15 group of students. >These students, and one by-stander randomly arrested, were brought in >vans to the 25th precinct, located at 119th between Lexington and Park. >About sixty more students followed the police to protest the arbritary >arrest of their peers. > >THREE STUDENTS ARE STILL ON HUNGER STRIKE!!!!!! > >There will be a press conference at 2:00pm at St. Mary's Episcopal Church >at 126th and Old Broadway. > >Forward this to all you know. > > >COMMITTEE FOR ETHNIC STUDIES AND THE CORE CURRICULUM