Posts Tagged ‘ University Occupations ’

The pathetic apathetics: are students getting political again?

May 23, 2009
By Richard Lemmer
The pathetic apathetics: are students getting political again?

What does the whine of the apathetic student sound like? “Do we really care?”, they say looking up from Facebook. “A talk on what? Yeah, Gaza. The midfielder? What? Oh, the place. Yeah, yeah terrible, I think it was on the news”, they continue, slouching into their chair. “Can’t they just share? What about...
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Can occupations ever be successful?

March 18, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
Can occupations ever be successful?

Over at the Sheffield Uni Occupation blog they have a big long list of successful University occupations. I stand well and truly corrected. I was barking up the wrong tree with this post. It was simply a 'total lie' - something I realised when confronted with the overwhelming evidence offered by the Occupiers.
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Occupational hazard

March 17, 2009
By Duncan Robinson
Occupational hazard

The University of Sheffield has been occupied by students! How. Retro. Can. You. Get. A group of forty or so students are currently ensconced in the Hicks building’s lecture halls, snuggling down for the night. Sprinting after a bandwagon that is now quite far in the distance, they are protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and...
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