Columbia Hunger Strikers

Hope grows on the Upper West Side. Columbia students have taken radical steps to move the university towards a true pluralistic society. Check out their web site, think about their ideas, sign the petition (if you agree) and pass it on!
The question is not “why do you have so many demands?” but “why has the university left so much to be demanded?” We ask those who see our demands as not specific enough, or too broad, or too many, to take a look again at the detailed version (core, expansion, ethnic studies, admin reform - we know it may appear verbose, apologies are expected from the bureaucracy making it complicated) and not try to weigh each individual demand on its own but instead look behind these demands. Look to what they stand for, a beginning of the end of repeated marginalization, exclusion and silencing of students within this community.
So once again, tonight there is a vigil at 9pm as there will be every night the strike lasts. We ask people to also take the time to sign our petition, come by the tents, and talk to a friend about what’s going on. Saturday look forward to a community rally, with Harlem residents and people from throughout New York.
VIGIL EVERY NIGHT! 9PM ~ Sundial @ Low Plaza
http://cu-strike.blogspot.com
Here's their petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/kwzchen/petition.html

Racists Get OUT of Town!

EMERGENCY DEMO THURSDAY, 2 PM, TEACHERS' COLLEGE, COLUMBIA:

Noose hung on office door of African American prof at Teachers' College

Yesterday, a noose was hung on the door of an African-American professor at Teachers' College, Columbia University. In light of recent events at Columbia (not to mention Jena...), we cannot let this stand.
…the racist graffiti left in the bathroom of the School of International and Public Affairs shortly thereafter: "Attention you pinko Commie motherfuckers and Arab Towelheads: America will wake up one day and nuke Mecca, Medina, Tehran, Baghdad, Jakarta, and all the savages in Africa. You will all be fucked! America is for White Europeans!" I am not exaggerating here; this is the graffiti, verbatim.

A rally has been called: mobilize at 2 PM tomorrow at the gates of Teachers' College, on 120th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam. 1 train to 116th Street or 125 Street.