My Journey

Friday, February 20, 2009

Remember the Tuition Freeze Campaign?

We definitely never did anything like this!
http://takebacknyu.com/
Some NYU students have locked themselves inside the cafeteria since Wednesday, protesting rising tuition and the way the university handles it's budget. They're asking for a tuition freeze and complete transparency of the University's budget (in addition to scholarships for students from the Gaza Strip and a couple more political things)...but mainly the things we wanted - a tuition freeze and knowing where our money went (which we got).
Check out you tube clips of NYU staff - they are SO pissed - I definitely don't see this ending in a compromise...they're talking about expelling the students!
There was a big protest last night outside of NYU in support of the students in the cafeteria. The student activist in me totally thought about going :)