Public outcry has had quite the effect on PIPA/SOPA in Congress. After black-outs, etc., both bills have been buried. But what if the legislation comes back in another version? There's been plenty of chatter to encourage Internet users to climb on the anti-SOPA/PIPA bandwagon, but it's important to know why, right?
According to a Facebook event and at least one anonymous flyer in the West Bank skyway, an event called "Occupy U of MN" begins tomorrow, December 9, at noon in the Carlson School of Management. The event says it is in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and other Occupy movements that have sprung up around the country. The event doesn't appear to be directly connected to the "Occupy the University of Minnesota" Facebook page, which has more than 200 members.
Just in time to weigh in on what the best Thanksgiving food is (pumpkin pie, and it's not even close), the Minnesota Daily Editorials & Opinions section now has a Twitter account, @mndailyopinions. The account will be operated by the Minnesota Daily Editorial Board.
This video of police pepper spraying seated, non-violent student protestors at the University of California-Davis speaks for itself. This comes just more than a week after police beat student protestors with billy clubs at the Occupy Cal protest at the University of California-Berkeley.
In solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, students at a variety of colleges and universities may (somewhat ironically) not be occupying classrooms tomorrow. A website called Occupy Colleges has been calling for a nationwide student walkout at noon local time on Wednesday, October 5 to protest mounting debt and lack of opportunities after graduation for students in addition to the broader anti-corporate concerns expressed in the Occupy Wall Street protests.
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