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October 25, 2013

City College of New York Students Protest Closure of Campus Activist Center 
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Two people were arrested at the City College of New York on Thursday in
a protest against the closing of a hub for student activism. The
Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Student and Community Center was
abruptly shut down last weekend after school officials said they needed
the space to expand the campus career services office. Student activists
say they believe the center was targeted in retaliation for the recent
protests against the hiring of former CIA director and military general
David Petraeus to teach a course. The chair of the Morales-Shakur
Center, Shepard Mc Daniel, said student activists are being silenced.

Shepard Mc Daniel: "This is a lot bigger than just the administration
here at City College. We know this is coming from the federal
government, just in terms of their whole movement, particularly with the
Petraeus demonstrations that are going on in this campus, too. And
organizing for those took place in that center. So it's been a target,
and at this point that is really trying to silence, you know, student
rights in terms of First Amendment, in terms of being able to organize
against dissent and so forth."

 

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