Hilarity at UWM

[GGGG]

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/86405537.html

"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials said they had to use pepper spray Thursday to help break up a rally at the campus after some protesters became violent while trying to enter the building that contains the chancellor's office.
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Students who helped organize the protest said in a statement that officers punched them and described the rally as a peaceful protest of a repressive school administration."


(The Youtube link in the article is pretty funny too!)

[Ari Gold]

heh I just found out it was over a tuition rate increase..

AP Quote http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iiRod6wRMWXDngNRZEjLlJe4B7HwD9E83M1O0
the protesters wanted to deliver petitions to the school chancellor. He [University spokesman Tom Luljak] says campus police allowed one person inside, and when she emerged she encouraged everyone to rush the building.

[Link with video]:http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-100304-uwm-ruckus,0,43494.story

I believe MU increased tuition by 4+% for next year.. no protests so far

[Brewtown Andy]

Students who helped organize the protest said in a statement that officers punched them and described the rally as a peaceful protest of a repressive school administration."

The raw video that TMJ4 put up showed 20 or so students trying to crush their way past 3 officers.  

1) That behavior gets you punched.
2) That's not a peaceful protest
3) As a state school, UWM's local administration doesn't have much to do with their tuition increases.

Idiots.

Also, they're freaking out about tuition approaching $8K a year.  OH NOES.

We need to try to get every spare ticket for whenever it is that MU has to play a game in the Cell against them, and then make a big deal about how we're helping prop up their school.