President's Office under siege

Peewee_lane

Apparently - and my sources are very, very good -Students in Cork University have taken the Presidents Office under siege, 14 students refusing to leave, with the Garda being called to removed them. There is now a security guard standing outside the Presidents Office in Tierney building, for fear there is going to be a similar strike action on all president offices in Universities around the country.




Anyone know if this is going ahead here?

Notorious

Anyone else think thats completely pointless?

Peewee_lane

It is laughable, Im working near the Presidents Office and the poor security guard is so bored he has to sit in a hall that has zero activity for the entire day.

Notorious

Talk about easy money.

Maybe we can use this post to pursuade some ruffians to march on Brady's office. Anyone interested?

Peewee_lane

Let the stampede of Ugg Boots begin...

Notorious

Peewee_lane wrote: »

Let the stampede of Ugg Boots begin...

Oh God, I lol'd at the very thought.

graduate

With economic reports today suggesting that the economy will decline for 3 years in a row and unemployment reach 12%, there is no way that fees are not going to be introduced. Students will once again be seen as a privileged minority and this kind of thing won't help.

Better to occupy Brady's office for running up a huge debt on consultants, excessive salaries and rebranding exercises, which now make things even worse in UCD.

mloc

Just embarassing, really.

panda100

mloc wrote: »

Just embarassing, really.

What is?
The gross fraudelent and criminal financing of public money by the goverment over the last decade or students standing up for future generations to have the opportunity to get a university education?

UCD students are also taking part in this National Day of action and have occupied the offices of Green Spokesperson on Education,Paul Gogarty.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90082

Stabshauptmann

panda100 wrote: »

What is?
The gross fraudelent and criminal financing of public money by the goverment over the last decade

That sentence makes no sense, please try again.


No I'm not talking about the spelling errors - the sentence makes no sense.

delta_bravo

panda100 wrote: »

UCD students are also taking part in this National Day of action and have occupied the offices of Green Spokesperson on Education,Paul Gogarty.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90082

Not anymore anyway according to the arbiter of truth that is indymedia. Police have arrested them all.

Peewee_lane

The are much more mature ways to express a point, I dont know how the 14 boys in Cork today thought what they were doing would impress upon the president to bring an urgent resolution to the fees issue.

*sigh*

delta_bravo

Has the original post been backed up at all by a source?

Riamfada

Hugh Brady would go all Chuck Norris on their asses. Damn Hippies, what they need is a good war.

Notorious

panda100 wrote: »

What is?
The gross fraudelent and criminal financing of public money by the goverment over the last decade or students standing up for future generations to have the opportunity to get a university education?

UCD students are also taking part in this National Day of action and have occupied the offices of Green Spokesperson on Education,Paul Gogarty.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90082

You know, the pen is mightier than the sword and all that. Students protesting won't fix anything. Students taking aggressive means of action just make us all look bad. Student protests barely make the news anymore...

chops1990

When students dont get what they want they get all righteous. God sake, ye're not goin to change the govenments minds whatsoever. Especially when ye be immature and barricade yerselves in the presidents office. No offence intended, but it annoys me when people do stupid things like this to get the attention of the media, governmment or whoever its aimed at.

mloc

panda100 wrote: »

What is?
The gross fraudelent and criminal financing of public money by the goverment over the last decade or students standing up for future generations to have the opportunity to get a university education?

UCD students are also taking part in this National Day of action and have occupied the offices of Green Spokesperson on Education,Paul Gogarty.

http://www.indymedia.ie/article/90082

No, the idea that a bunch of nobody students think barging into an administrators office to attract attention will do anything. They aren't creating solutions, just more problems.

They have no interest in fixing things, just fighting them.

Peewee_lane

delta_bravo wrote: »

Has the original post been backed up at all by a source?

Yes, I bloody work near the presidents office, as in an office or two away so this isnt made up. If you google the presidents office in Cork, ask them to confirm the reports, say your from the media.

Day two of a lonely security guard outside H.B's office in Tierney building.

Tayto2000

Someone call Steven Seagal!

panda100

Peewee_lane wrote: »

Day two of a lonely security guard outside H.B's office in Tierney building.

Looks like H.B can well afford him anyways : http://www.independent.ie/national-news/universities-pressured-to-defend-83646m-salary-spend-1566355.html