As students march on the Administration building to demand the reinstatement of Cordell Black, who for nearly twenty years has served as the Associate Provost of Equity and Diversity and was ousted last week just days after the university, with much fanfare, reiterated a commitment to multiculturalism at a diversity forum, they’re in good company: past the state line in the Washington D.C., nine protesters were arrested this morning for rallying against health care in the Senate building.
After refusing to leave the office of Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), the protesters were charged with unlawful entry and taken away in handcuffs. Expect to see more of this sort of thing as the day unfolds: today thousands of Americans will flood their congressional representatives with calls urging them to vote against healthcare reform. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is getting in on the action, Philip Rucker of The Washington Post reports:
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) is leading the “Hands Off Our Health Care!” rally and has said she plans to lead protesters through congressional office buildings for a series of “House calls” orchestrated to intimidate members against voting for health-care reform.
Patients First activists from Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia are expected at the rally, and other activists across the country plan to visit their local congressional offices.
Quick hits:
- Dave Eggers and Valentino Achak Deng, the subject of his book What is the What will lecture in Tydings at 5:30 p.m., telling the story of how Deng fled civil war in Sudan and ended up in the United States.
- The Off-Campus Student Programming Board is hosting free laser tag near at South Chapel fields near the Armory this afternoon.