UC Irvine protesters stage walkout over student suspensions

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UC Irvine Divest Group Stage Walkout After School News

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Those who participated in the walkout are demanding the university drop the suspensions on those arrested during last week's protests.

Groups like UCI Divest Coalition and Students for Justice for Palestine said students have now been suspended for up to 14 days.Those who participated in the walkout are demanding the university drop the suspensions on those arrested during last week's protests.Wednesday, one week after chaos unfolded on campus between pro-Palestinian protesters and law enforcement.

"There's students who are trying to graduate," said Em Wang with the UCI Divest Coalition. "There's students who are still working on campus. There's students who just want to finish the quarter but they can't because of these university suspensions and arrests." "Now the university is doubling down on that by barring them from their homes, barring them from the health center," said Wang.

"On top of that, they're still requiring the graduate students to teach, which is wild to me," Kamil added.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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