11 Students Protesting Tuition Have Barricaded Themselves In Cooper Union Building : Gothamist

11 Students Protesters Barricade Themselves In Cooper Union
66000540 Description Closeup of the front of the Cooper Union Foundation Building on Astor Place | Source | Date 2010-12-08 | Author Beyond ...
66000540 Description Closeup of the front of the Cooper Union Foundation Building on Astor Place | Source | Date 2010-12-08 | Author Beyond ...

Eleven students have locked themselves in the Peter Cooper Suite of the eighth floor of the Cooper Union building to protest the institution's decision to charge graduate students tuition. "We're hoping this will show the administration that they aren't able to make these changes under the table, that these things will have to come to light," Victoria Sobel, a 22-year-old senior and spokesperson for the protesters said in a phone interview. Sobel says that while the police haven't attempted to breech the barricades, a school maintenance crew was "physically ramming the barricade for about thirty minutes. We had to tell them there were students behind the door so they'd stop."

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