Collegiate Voices – Clemson Students End 9-Day Sit-In – Josh Logue / Inside Higher Ed

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clemson 1Students at Clemson University ended a nine-day sit-in outside Sikes Hall with chants, fists raised, speeches and a standing ovation from a crowd of supporters. Theirs lasted longer than others, shorter than some, and it featured one of the harsher responses from a university — the arrest of five students attempting to occupy the Sikes building itself after it closed. The university didn’t attempt to block the protest once it stayed outside.

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