This is shameful.
At sit-in, students urge USC to ensure apparel is not sweatshop-produced
Calling on the school to ensure apparel is not sweatshop-made, activists end the event after the university threatens suspension.
Students staged a sit-in Tuesday outside the office of USC's president, hoping the university would take measures to ensure that USC-themed apparel isn't manufactured in sweatshops.
Thirteen students, who came prepared with food to last three days and pillows, ended their protest after about six hours when the university threatened to suspend them and, in a move that even surprised former 1960s student activist Tom Hayden, called their parents.
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Threatened them with suspension and called their parents??
This is how USC deals with principled political protest?
What kind of lesson are we teaching here?
This is shameful.
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incredible. shameful. sickening.
Posted by: susana![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://interactive.usc.edu/members/phoberman/nav-commenters.gif)
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April 12, 2007 12:40 PM
I've only been here one year, but I've grown to appreciate that I'm a part of three philosophically opposed schools that are, strangely enough, nested within each other; USC, SCA, IMD. My respect for them is inversely proportional to their size.
Does anyone have a suggestion about what to do about this sort of idiocy? The only thing I can think of is calling THEIR parents, i.e. the alums, and informing them that USC is treating its students (and allegedly its sweatshop workers) this way.
Posted by: Jamie Antonisse![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://interactive.usc.edu/members/phoberman/nav-commenters.gif)
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April 12, 2007 5:18 PM
Horrible. Depressing. Thanks for posting it. I really don't know how to respond except to say that I think Jamie has the right idea (call THEIR parents).
Posted by: pweil![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://interactive.usc.edu/members/phoberman/nav-commenters.gif)
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April 12, 2007 11:23 PM