NATION : 150 Protest at Michigan U.
About 150 protesters camped out on the front lawn of the residence of University of Michigan’s president after 16 people were arrested at a sit-in against the school’s plans for an armed campus police force.
After Thursday’s arrests at the administration building, the demonstrators camped out overnight on the lawn of President James Duderstadt’s campus residence. Most were gone by daybreak today.
“This campus is ours,” protest leader Corey Dolgon told the crowd early today. “We’re not giving it back.”
Meanwhile, in Cambridge, Mass., 25 students spent the night inside Harvard University’s main administration building while others slept outside in a protest seeking a stronger commitment to African-American studies.
The protest inside University Hall in Harvard Yard ended this morning, and police reported no arrests.
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