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Holt, L. (2017, February 3). Protesters Interrupt UCSD Spirit Night, Campus Police Called. The UCSD Guardian. Retrieved from http://ucsdguardian.org/2017/02/03/protesters-interrupt-ucsd-spirit-night-campus-police-called/ Sylvia O. (2017, February 10). Spirit Night NODAPL Protesters Release Statement of Intent. The Triton. Retrieved from http://triton.news/2017/02/spirit-night-nodapl-protesters-release-statement-intent/ Protesters suddenly entered and occupied the RIMAC Arena during Spirit Night tonight to demonstrate against several issues, including the Dakota Access Pipeline. The students came in from a side entrance and formed a perimeter around the court during halftime of the men’s basketball game against CSU Monterey Bay. The protest lasted for approximately 20 minutes, with students holding signs that read “U [will] C Sanctuary Campuses” and “You Have Triton Spirit? So Do We! It’s Called Demanding Divestment.”. During the action, some students voluntarily stood up, raised their fists and applauded. Others attempted to chant over the protestors, yelling, “Basketball! Basketball!.” “I don’t agree with the protesters because they’re getting nothing done protesting at a basketball game,” said a first year Warren College student who requested to be anonymous. “I went to watch basketball and nothing else and they took that experience from me.” Other students, like first year Muir student Jose Jimenez, expressed annoyance with students that heckled the protestors. “As soon as they stepped on, some people were already chanting from behind, ‘Basketball, basketball!’” said Jose Jimenez, a first year Muir student. “I just felt they didn’t real understand the point of the protest.” UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
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