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Stages of an Action

Photos taken at Tent Univeristy Santa Cruz in the afternoon and evening of April 18.
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Highlights of the afternoon included a direct action training with david solnit and a healthy meal cooked up by some TUSCers. Most of the ingredients were grown organically and donated by farms based in Watsonville.

The 4th photograph shows six members of the UCSC administration who sat around all day watching over Tent University. It seemed pretty stupid to me, so I went to get a photograph and have a little chat. I asked them if they were aware that their presence was a clear illustration UCSC's poor funding priorities. Gail Heit asked how i knew they were getting paid; so i just started laughing at them. She serious too. They were "working" and they are paid members of the UCSC administration. I also explained to Gail Heit that her threatening emails to the TUSC list-serve and to individuals were laughable at best.

Shortly after 8pm, when free speech was supposed to end at the base of campus, an interesting debate (or discussion) took place where students and community members spoke to each-other and to members of UCSC's administration (Gail Heit and another women). The debate was an awesome part of TUSC! The women from the administration admited that the students and members of the community articulated very good reasons for staying at the base of campus, day and night, for the entire week. However, they also left saying that 'the ball was in our court' meaning that we better leave or suffer the consequences of the police. at this point, many people confirmed their desire to remain at the base of campus.
 
 


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Re: Stages of an Action

The two henchmen or women in this case are Jean Marie Scott and Gail Heit. Gail Heit is the Chancellor's bad cop--she does dirty work the Chancellor doesn't want to be seen doing. (this was particularly for the lovely MZ Greenwood). She has been seen skulking about various labor actions taking photos and hiding behind cars "watching" the participants. Jean Marie Scott used to be the CAO of Porter College. After demonstrating to higherups that she could cut out lower level staff jobs like the big boys ( I think they call that "prioritizing budgets and consolidating job titles") she was rewarded with a promotion as Vice Chancellor of housing and residential services. Both these gals make big bucks saying nice things to your face (PR)and then being sure that the corporate interests of the University get met. Don't get sucked into thinking you will win a debate with these women or that they're good guys. They are getting over $125,000+ salaries because they do what the UC corporate interests dictate...from ensuring that lower level employees make poverty wages (while they make $$ for sitting on their asses all day in lawn chairs "watching students for illegal activities,etc.") to dismantling truly alernative voices at UCSC. The determination to arrest students came from the top and all of these women happily complied.
 

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