'We are here, and we demand change' say IC protesters

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Source: Ithaca Journal

The chant: "Tom Rochon. No confidence" echoed across campus Wednesday, shouted by at least a thousand students who took part in a "Solidarity Walk Out" at Ithaca College.

The demonstration was a response to ongoing concerns of racial injustice on the campus of 6,723 students.

"We stand here in solidarity," a woman standing with POC at IC, People of Color at IC, said into a microphone Wednesday in front of hundreds. "Our hearts are heavy with the pain of Mizzou and Yale and Smith and every person of color on a college campus simply because of the color of their skin, the texture of their hair or their ancestry. This a problem of the nation. However, how can a campus dedicated to preparing us for the real world not actively foster growth to our consciousness of oppression and privilege?"

Many on campus — students and faculty included — have called for a vote of no confidence for the college's president, Tom Rochon.

Read more: http://www.ithacajournal.com/story/news/local/2015/11/11/hundreds-plan-walk-out-ithaca-college/75570208/

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1. Yes its a problem of the nation.

But I fail to see how stomping your feet to make a college figurehead resign is going to make things better.

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2. They know how to get the media's attention.

I'm thinking that the "fire the president" messages are from the Tea Party playbook of posting "impeach Obama" (even though that's just a damn dream) all over protest signs and social media.