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Update On Charges Against University of Minnesota SDS

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 13:44
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As many know, members of SDS at the University of Minnesota are facing charges, having supposedly breached the student conduct code by dropping banners at freshman convocation on September 3rd of 2009. These charges include theft, disorderly conduct, misuse of university facilities, and unauthorized access of a university building. What is more, SDS members were charged without proof or evidence of any particular individual’s involvement.



Individuals still enrolled at the U of M were obligated to meet individually with the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (OSCAI). After the first few meetings it was clear to us that the university was employing scare tactics as a way to dismantle the group and turn members against one another. The OSCAI interviewers claimed that suspension, expulsion, and a revocation of degrees would be possible, and one member did in fact note that the interviewer questioned their ability to graduate.


U of MN SDS Unfurls a New School Year

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/03/2009 - 09:34
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 Mpls, MN – Thursday Sept 3, 2009 members of the U of MN SDS chapter infiltrated ‘welcome week’ convocation to drop banners. Convocation at the University of Minnesota has historically been an event to welcome thousands of new students to the university and sing the praises of the University administration. ‘Welcome Week’ is increasingly closed off to any issue that runs counter to the administration’s message.

 

Spring Riot at U Sparks New Questions about 2008 RNC Protest

Submitted by jackie_k on Mon, 04/27/2009 - 00:43
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UPDATE: A facilitated discussion about police brutality will take place at Tent State on the Coffman Union Front Plaza at 3pm on Tuesday.

So the Minnesota Daily as well as Esme Murphy on WCCO are reporting a "Spring Jam Party Riot" last night at the University of Minnesota in Dinkytown. Apparently hundreds of drunken college students were involved. According to news reports, the police responded in riot gear and in force to a bonfire party in the middle of the street. Police fired chemical weapons and rubber bullets into the crowd and into houses, in all probability part of the arsenal left over from the RNC last September. The students threw rocks and glass bottles back at the police. At least seven students were arrested.
More:MN Daily slideshow • MnStories video • Video • Satire: Bro Univ. Radicalization Project (BURP)

Beverage Extremists on the uptick at insurrectionary U; Bro University Radicalization Project (BURP)? [satire]

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 04/26/2009 - 23:49
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Word came in that the bros, the emos, the hipsters, the greeks and even the fauxburbanites decided to keep setting shit on fire until they got blasted by the angry and still very-well-armed Minneapolis Police Department. The police assaulted, shot at and mass arrested many random passerby, but at least one musician made good money without getting hassled, much to his surprise.

Protest and Organize Against U of M Budget Cuts and Tuition Hikes

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 16:30
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02/18/2009 12:00

*STAND UP AGAINST BUDGET CUTS
and TUITION HIKES at the U of M!

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18th *(the day tuition is due)
**** two events ****
*
12:00pm PROTEST *
Outside Williamson Hall (where we pay our tuition bill)
Pleasant St. entrance, 1/2 block from University
Ave.

*4:30pm ORGANIZING MEETING*
*Coffman Rm. 303 *(300 Washington Ave.
S.E.
Join us for panel discussion and organizing meeting to map out an
effective resistance at the U of M to massive budget cuts being prepared at
the state legislature.

Updates on *facebook group*:

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