Post by Logan on May 6, 2016 22:53:33 GMT -6
Iowa students protest, rally and issue statements against hate crime
More than 75 students lined up Friday afternoon in Iowa Memorial Union for a largely silent study-in protest outside the office of the University of Iowa vice president of student life.
Participating students declined to answer questions from the media, except to say that they were drawing attention to the failures of the university and local community in response to last week's reported hate crime against a black UI freshman.
Marcus Owens, 19, reports being assaulted Saturday night in the alleyway of the 200 block of Iowa Avenue. The business major from Naperville, Ill., was walking outside Eden Lounge when he was attacked by three white, college-age men. Since Saturday, Owens has received 15 stitches in his lip as well as treatment for a broken blood vessel in one eye and two broken front teeth.
"We hope we don't get punched for studying," read the lone sign at the Friday protest.
Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2016/05/06/iowa-students-protest-rally-and-issue-statements-against-hate-crime/84041372/
More than 75 students lined up Friday afternoon in Iowa Memorial Union for a largely silent study-in protest outside the office of the University of Iowa vice president of student life.
Participating students declined to answer questions from the media, except to say that they were drawing attention to the failures of the university and local community in response to last week's reported hate crime against a black UI freshman.
Marcus Owens, 19, reports being assaulted Saturday night in the alleyway of the 200 block of Iowa Avenue. The business major from Naperville, Ill., was walking outside Eden Lounge when he was attacked by three white, college-age men. Since Saturday, Owens has received 15 stitches in his lip as well as treatment for a broken blood vessel in one eye and two broken front teeth.
"We hope we don't get punched for studying," read the lone sign at the Friday protest.
Read more: www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2016/05/06/iowa-students-protest-rally-and-issue-statements-against-hate-crime/84041372/