My ALCU contact in the OSU Law School cannot confirm this story. He says
he'll be out there fighting if it's true. Get me a good source on it. Also,
I don;t want to jump the gun on telling the LS they won't get my largish
donatiomn thsi year (and the ALCU will--we civil libertarian fundamentalists
are so pathetic unless the story is true. jks
>
>[Yoshie, was this the way you saw it? What happened?]
>
>Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2002 14:44:52 -0700 (PDT)
>From: MichaelP <papadop at peak.org>
>Subject: Bushmen Threaten Ohio Graduates with Expulsion, Arrest
>
>
>Ohio State fascism - What happened today
> ON Jun-14-02
>AT 03:59 PM (ET)
>>I didn't get close enough to the 6am rally, but in my search for an
>organizer of Turn Your Back On Bush, I did indeed hear the announcement.
>Graduating students were told that they would be expelled and arrested if
>they turned their backs. they were alerted that dozens of staff memebers
>and police officers would be watching the stands, as well as the Secret
>Service. A few students asked for the definition of expulsion....did it
>mean removal from the stadium or refusal of their diplomas, or both? One
>of the persons at the front said "Both. And what will your parents do when
>they are paged from the crowd to bail out their son?" I do not know if
>this person had an official capacity with the Ohio State University or any
>police department.
>
>I must say, I did not hear that exchange. I was informed of it later when
>I found outside the stadium protesting. To tell these ADULTS that after 4
>years and 80,000 dollars that they would be tossed aside if they didn't
>face a certain direction?????
>
>I began to wonder how many of those students went to find their friends
>who were graduating pre-law.....
>
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