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by UNO walkout Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2010 at 11:01 AM

neworleansstudents@gmail.com UNO students have occupied Milneburg Hall on the UNO lakefront campus, in protest of service cuts, lost jobs, and lowered salaries and furloughs. BREAKING... MEDIA ALERT



UNO students have seized and barricaded Milneburg hall Hall on the UNO Campus. Police standoff is in progress. This is part of the larger student strike against higher ed budget cuts. The following is a transcribed phone message from the Millenburg occupiers.

"As of 7 AM Wed Sept 1st, Students have begun occupying UNO's Milneburg Hall. Several culminating hostilities contributed to this action: Threats of furloughs, cutting of scholarships and meal plans, firing staff and workers, and the threat of the LSU system declaring "Finanical Exigency." ...Essentially, all the effects of the larger attack on our higher education.



While this financial crisis may have been the last straw, simply restoring the budget will not satisfy us. We are occupying for the realization of a free University and a free society."



The occupiers urge all supporters and interested parties to provide solidarity and support by going to Milnenburg Hall and participating in this morning's walkout rally.

