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I received word that three more Buckeyes were arrested for trespassing yesterday afternoon. However, whereas the students arrested earlier this month surrendered with little fight, yesterday’s arrestees responded with bricks aimed toward officers’ bodies and patrol cars.
By this point in the semester, many of our readers are aware of the efforts currently being made by Ohio State University’s students of color to convince administration that the school would benefit from the creation of an Ethnic Studies Department. Despite producing a petition signed both by members of the student body and by faculty members, this university has refused to even meet with anyone involved. Buckeyes, however, are not so easily deterred.
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