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Stacey Bear is interviewed by local television news stations Mar. 1 after Thursday night’s sit-in at 55 E. Jackson Blvd.
Vol. # 96, Issue # 15
March 5, 2012
Students refuse to leave the Lincoln Park Student Center after 1 a.m., the building’s closing time on Saturday, Mar. 3.
Brian Bean (left), rallies as a gesture of solidarity with DePaul students, Saturday, Mar. 3 in the Loop campus.
STUDENTS FIGHT BACK
DePaul says ‘tuition hike,’ students say ‘debt strike’ By PAIGE WAGENKNECHT News Editor As if straight out of the 1960s, students under the “Occupy” banner used this weekend to demonstrate their frustrations over rising tuition costs using peaceful protest. Over the course of three days, they took their fight to both DePaul campuses to debate over the proposed tuition increases. DAY 1: THURSDAY, MARCH 1 DePaul students met students from Northwestern University, Roosevelt University, University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago, Columbia College, Shimer, St. Xavier and East West University at Grant Park to participate in Occupy’s nation wide National Day of Action for Education. According to Occupy’s website, the National Day of Action for Education called on “all students, teachers, workers, and parents from all levels of education —pre-K-12 through higher education in public and private institutions— and all
Occupy assemblies, labor unions, and organizations of oppressed communities, to mobilize on March 1st, 2012 across the country to tell those in power: The resources exist for highquality education for all.” Altogether the Chicago group was about 200-300 strong, according to participant and DePaul graduate student in philosophy Ashley Bohrer. From Grant Park, they marched to the Chase Tower, 10 S. Dearborn St., because Chase Bank is the largest holder of student debt, according to Bohrer. Before 3 p.m., 40 students marched to 55 E. Jackson Ave. and went to the 22nd floor where the university’s administrative offices are located. The group asked to see University President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., who agreed to meet with the group at 4:30 p.m.Fr. Holtschneider met with the students in a conference room. Fifteen were students at DePaul; the rest were non-DePaul students. Fr. Holtschneider said they were a respectful group and that they wanted to talk about tuition
PHOTOS BY BARTOSZ BRZEZIŃSKI | The DePaulia From right to left: Michelle Hauer, Michelle Maxwell, Kristen Gallagher and Stacey Bear rally in front of 55 E. Jackson to protest tuition hikes proposed by the Board of Trustees at DePaul University. Students were told they would be arrested if they tried entering the building. issues at DePaul and also tuition concerns at the national level. In the meeting, the students requested that the university freezes tuition for next year, the holding of additional public
HARTFORD, CONN.— It’s deja vu for Women’s head coach Doug Bruno and his team. For the second-consecutive season, the DePaul Blue Demons were eliminated in the Big East tournament by Notre Dame, losing 69-54 in the quarterfinals on Sunday afternoon at the XL Center. DePaul fell to the Irish in South Bend on Feb. 5 by a score
of 90-70. Notre Dame also got the better of DePaul last season in the Big East tournament semifinals, winning 71-67. Katherine Harry led the Blue Demons in scoring with 14 points and Jasmine Penny was the only other DePaul player in doublefigures with 10. Despite shooting 44 percent (24-of-54) from the field, the Blue Demons could not get past a suffocating Fighting Irish defense for most of the day. Anna Martin
See WOMEN’S BIG EAST, page 27
of Trustees were slated to vote on the Strategic Resource Allocation Committee’s proposal. The university’s Strategic Resource See TUITION, page 4
Israeli Apartheid Week ignites rhetoric discussion
Irish down Blue Demons in semi-finals, 69-54 By DAVID BARRY Senior Writer
forums where people could talk about these issues, and for Saturday’s Board of Trustees meeting in the Lincoln Park Student Center to be canceled. At Saturday’s meeting the Board
By RACHEL METEA Editor-in-chief
KATHERINE HARRY | AP DePaul’s Katherine Harry, left, shoots over Notre Dame’s Devereaux Peters during the quarterfinals of the Big East women’s tournament in Hartford, Conn., Sunday, March 4.
Students for Justice in Palestine hosted “Israeli Apartheid Week,” an annual series of events held on campuses across the globe that labels the State of Israel an apartheid state. The event’s title caused a controversy across campus, and more than fifty university members to sign an open letter expressing that said the week drew a “baseless parallel
between Israel and South Africa” that was “not only inaccurate, but also, inexcusably offensive, as it minimizes the criminal suffering endured by those victims of the true apartheid.” In the midst of Israeli Apartheid Week, the group’s president, Jasmine Abdel-Razik defended their use of the word “apartheid” saying it was “the reality of the situation.” But then, Abdel-Razik shifted focus from her group’s rhetoric to her wishes for peace amongst SJP See APARTHEID, page 7