You can now watch scenes from South Building on your computer.
Students who are in Day 5 of a sit-in outside Chancellor Moser's office have set up a web site that shows the chancellor briefly clapping along with them as as they chanted at him late last week. The protesters say the chancellor is mocking them.
Four people remained inside the building when it opened this morning, down from the 23 who began the weekend inside. UNC let people out but not back in. The students say local attorney Al McSurely brought them food but was not allowed to deliver it.
The students want the university to join the Designated Suppliers Program to ensure clothing with the UNC logo would be made in factories where workers earned a living wage. UNC says it already belongs to two monitoring organizations.
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UPDATE:
UNC just sent us this statement, spelling out the university's ground rules for those occupying South Building.
Chancellor Moeser supports the students’ rights to be heard and to protest, and he told the protesters that yesterday.
On Wednesday, the chancellor discussed the Designated Suppliers Program and labor code issues with representatives from Student Action with Workers in a meeting arranged by Student Body President J.J. Raynor. On Thursday, about 15 students began protesting in the South Building rotunda. Student Affairs and Public Safety officials met with the students when the protest started to accommodate their protest and to set ground rules for remaining in the rotunda.
The ground rules are intended to protect the students’ health and safety. The students have been allowed to remain in the building after normal business hours, including this weekend. Only student protesters affiliated with the University may remain in the building after hours. No entries to the building are allowed after 5 p.m. The students have access to restrooms in the building. A public safety officer is assigned to monitor the building for the students’ safety.
In return for these accommodations, the protesters have been told they must respect University property, not disrupt operations during normal business hours, not occupy any offices and not exceed the fire marshal’s posted capacity for the rotunda.
