Comments on: #OccupyUCDavis

By: Bill Fell

Bill Fell — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:24:21 +0000

Power of Silence

It’s not so much our abilities
that account for who we are
but our choices

How to quell the wisdom of the mob
when there is no leader;
requires an ability for patience

Remove a few demonstrator tents
pepper spray the calmly-seated;
it’s the choices we make

Human microphone builds an accord
U-stream smartphone live
Who’s best able to leverage this web

Chancellor’s shoes clomping slowly
across sidewalk to her awaiting car
a consensus choice exit for those engaged

The fearful mind of “the man”
escorted safely by the power of silenc e
It’s not so much our abilities
but our choices

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Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:01:46 +0000

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#Occupy Academia | Savage Minds — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 09:38:55 +0000

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By: Psilokan.com » Police officer pepper-sprays seated, non-violent students at UC Davis

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:12:32 +0000

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By: Nathan

Nathan — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:54:42 +0000

The UC system is radicalizing a generation of activists. These students will never forget what has happened to them.

Moderate students once, who will now be angry for a lifetime. The next generation of politicians and activists will be defined by what is happening on these college campuses.

By: Ziggie10

Ziggie10 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:38:51 +0000

Apparently going to a public institution of higher education means that you surrender your rights as part of admission.

If you do protest, you are sprayed like a bug or beaten. Is this what public education has become in America?

It sounds more like the Soviet system.

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Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:30:40 +0000

thanks, sorry for the mix up!

By: Mark Dixon

Mark Dixon — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:50:45 +0000

I sent the following to Chancellor Linda Katehi: Kent State University in Ohio has many wonderful programs and has accomplished much of value and merit in the past 41 years. But honestly, what do you think of when you hear “Kent State”? You think of John Filo’s Pulitzer prize winning photograph of Mary Vecchio screaming in horror over the dead body of Jeffrey Miller. That, for 41 years, has been the indelible image of Kent State. Yesterday, UC Davis made a name for itself nationally and internationally. Today, Wayne Tilcock’s iconic photograph of Lt. John Pike of the university police brutally spraying a line of unarmed, seated, peaceful students who were a threat to no one has been seen by millions the world over. People who never heard of UC Davis before yesterday now have that one indelible image to remember you by. For years to come, that image is what people will think of when they hear “UC Davis”. I hope Wayne Tilcock wins the Pulitzer for that photograph, he deserves it. I hope Lt. John Pike gets fired for his actions, he deserves it.