I'm a staff person at McHenry library and I think you are all very brave for doing this. Thank you for also standing by UC staff and workers last week during our strike! I've been working here 8 years. I'm in my 40s now and I've watched time and time again how UC has made the business of education more important than the education itself.
I'm sorry that you have had to face abuse and arrest by police. However, it actually serves your cause much better in terms of media coverage and getting your message out.
I noticed twice as many media vans on Tuesday night at 8:00 pm than I did on Monday night.
The media is always going to distort your message. I've been in the newspaper 3 times and it always amazes me how inaccurately the reporter conveyed my message or how they edit what you say down to a sterilized version, taking the meat of the message right out.
I'm so happy that you didn't resort to violence like the police. The administration should have known better than to send police in riot gear. What are they thinking?.. Did I say thinking?...no they were not thinking...not critically thinking anyway.
Keep up the peace, keep protesting. Ignore the cruel comments and uninformed messages, even if they are from grad students. Take it from me, having a bunch of degrees does not necessarily make you smarter.