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<p class="p1"><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"></div><p></p></div></div>17-year-old Joshua Wong, a student protester and the leader of the "Scholarism" movement in Hong Kong, has reportedly been arrested by police during a student protest.</p>
<p class="p1">Wong <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1601262/chaotic-scenes-students-break-civic-square-class-boycott-ends">was arrested along with four other demonstrators at Hong Kong government headquarters</a> and has been accused of police assault, <span>Yvonne Leung Lai-kwok, president of the University of Hong Kong's students' union, told South China Morning Post.</span> </p>
<p class="p1"><span>Tweets and pictures are currently coming in showing Wong being carried off by police:</span></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Photo: Police arrest protest leader Joshua Wong in Hong Kong's Civic Square (Via <a href="https://twitter.com/zouxingtong">@zouxingtong</a>) <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hkclassboycott?src=hash">#Hkclassboycott</a> <a href="http://t.co/pil0GbSgdY">pic.twitter.com/pil0GbSgdY</a></p>
- Andrew Peng (@TheAPJournalist) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAPJournalist/status/515533206721150976">September 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Seriously? Joshua Wong was arrested? Out of all people? Pic via <a href="https://twitter.com/inmediahk">@inmediahk</a> <a href="http://t.co/gKowrwGUxz">pic.twitter.com/gKowrwGUxz</a></p>
- Grace Tsoi (@gracehw) <a href="https://twitter.com/gracehw/status/515536891395833856">September 26, 2014</a></blockquote>


<p class="p1">Here are students chanting for the release of those arrested: </p>
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<p class="p1">The incident comes at the end of weeklong student boycott protesting China's rejection of full universal suffrage in the city, a development that had long been promised. </p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1601262/chaotic-scenes-students-break-civic-square-class-boycott-ends">More than 5,000 high school and university students in Hong Kong</a> have been protesting illegally outside of Hong Kong government headquarters in Tamar Park for the last five days. This evening, at least 100 of those students broke into Civic Square, a public space that has been sealed off for months.</p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
<p>Civic Sq was designed as a place for protest. Govt fenced it in to keep protests out so students are occupying it. <a href="http://t.co/gTxe7xImXH">pic.twitter.com/gTxe7xImXH</a></p>
- Larry Salibra (@larrysalibra) <a href="https://twitter.com/larrysalibra/status/515522232823451648">September 26, 2014</a></blockquote>
<p class="p1">After the break-in, the police moved in with pepper spray to disband the protest and arrest those who broke into the area. </p>
<p class="p1">When Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule in 1997, it was agreed that the former colony would coexist with China under the principle of "one country, two systems," meaning that Hong Kong <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/world/asia/hong-kong-joshua-wong-democracy-protest/">would have a high degree of autonomy and eventually achieve genuine democracy</a>. Those promises have never materialized, much to the chagrin of Hong Kong residents. </p>
<p class="p1">Last month, China announced that it would allow Hong Kongers to vote for their next leader in 2017 as promised, but that the candidates <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/31/world/asia/hong-kong-elections/">had to be approved by a Beijing-endorsed committee</a>. Pro-democracy activists like Wong have said that the move will all but eliminate any hope of a real democratic choice.</p>
<p class="p1">The student protest has the wide support of many Hong Kongers. College administrators, faculty, and the city's largest teachers' union have all pledged their support. Most universities <a href="http://hongwrong.com/student-protest/">have said that students that participate in the protest will not be punished</a>.</p>
<p class="p1">Meanwhile, Wong has been one of the leaders of the student movement since 2011. He began his activism at 15-years-old after the central government attempted to introduce pro-Communist "National and Moral Education" into Hong Kong public schools. In response, Wong started the student protest movement Scholarism. In September 2012, the movement<a href="http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/53078/record-high-turnout-for-anti-national-education-protests.html"> rallied 120,000 protesters and 13 hunger strikers to occupy Hong Kong government headquarters</a>. Hong Kong's leaders withdrew the proposal.</p>
<p class="p2">Scholarism's success has galvanized Hong Kong's youth into activism. Scholarism has 300 permanent student members, and they helped organized this past week's protest.</p>
<p class="p1">Wong's efforts have earned him the label of "extremist" from state-run media organization. </p>
<p class="p1">Though Wong has a mild-mannered and clean-cut disposition, his rhetoric does little to dispel the accusation of "extremism."</p>
<p class="p4">"You have to see every battle as possibly the final battle - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/21/world/asia/hong-kong-joshua-wong-democracy-protest/">only then will you have the determination to fight [for democracy]</a>," Wong recently told CNN.</p>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12048080" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="howard-university" source="Orion">Howard University</keyword> students occupied a building on campus and its surroundings in <keyword id="11902710" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="protest" source="Orion">protest</keyword>.</li><li>The protest ended on the 34th day; 20 days were dedicated to negotiations.</li></ul><p>After a demonstration that was over a month-long, Howard University students finally came to a confidential agreement with the university administration.</p><p>On October 12, Howard University students began protesting what they said were unsafe and inhumane dorm conditions including leaky pipes, flooding, and mold and mushroom growth.</p><p>"About a month ago, a group of students began the occupation of the Blackburn building," University President Wayne Frederick said in a video statement. "They did so to raise awareness for their concerns about housing issues at the university, as well as other issues that they voiced to me and my administration."</p><p>"Protests drive change. I accept and applaud it. I do however struggle with a type of protest that jeopardizes student safety — the very thing students said founded their concerns," Frederick added. </p><p>The student organizers demanded the following:</p><ol><li>"In-person town hall with President Frederick &amp; Administration scheduled before the end of October.</li><li>"Commit (in writing) to Authorizing the HUSA President and GSA Chair to have Voting Power on the Board of Trustees.</li><li>"Reinstate ALL Affiliate Trustee Positions ( Students, Faculty, and Alumni) on the Board of Trustees.</li><li>"The President and Chairman of the Board Propose a Meeting with Student Leadership Outlining their 'Housing Plan' to protect the incoming classes of Howard's immediate future."</li></ol><p>However, the conditions of the agreement between organizers and administration remain unclear.</p><p>"While the terms of the agreement, specific terms, are confidential, it can be said without any hesitation or reservation that the students courageously journeyed on a path towards greater university accountability and transparency and public safety," Donald Temple, an attorney who represents the students, said at a Monday press conference.</p><p>"We got what we came for. We got increased scrutiny. We got increased transparency and increased accountability. And by virtue of this protest, we garnered everything that we were entitled to," said Channing Hill, one of the student organizers.</p><p>The Live Movement, which co-organized the protest and was founded by one of the student activists, Aniyah Vines, said that this victory is just the beginning. They hope to bring the movement to other HBCUs facing similar issues. </p><p>Howard University administration and The Live Movement did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.</p>

33-day protest at Howard University alleging unsafe dorm conditions came to an end with a confidential agreement between students and administration

<ul><li><strong>Indian students will be a part of the protest against <keyword id="6366055" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="global-warming">global warming</keyword>. <br /></strong></li><li><strong>The online petition has over 17,000 signers from over 40 countries.<br /></strong></li><li><strong>The movement was started by <keyword id="8954" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nobel-Peace-Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</keyword> nominee <keyword id="7425525" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Greta-Thunberg">Greta Thunberg</keyword> who staged a protest outside the Swedish parliament in August 2016.</strong></li></ul>An online petition started by a Facebook group called <keyword id="6361617" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="climate-change">Climate Change</keyword> for the future will see students from all across the world walking out on March 15, Friday, to protest against global warming. And Indian students too are a part of the change.<br /><br />According to a <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi-news/delhi-kids-to-join-global-bunk-school-protest-against-climate-change/story-BzNBOGVuklM5xhyHvXc0fJ.html">report</a>, over 400 students from Delhi will be a part of the movement. Students will bunk schools to join their counterparts from over 40 countries and will go on strike to fight global warming. <br /><br />The report also says that a few schools in the National Capital have allowed students to be a part of the strike. <br /><br />The global movement is a part of Greta Thunberg’s strike which the 16-year-old Swedish student started in August, 2018. Now, a Nobel Peace prize nominee, Thunberg has inspired thousands of others to join her in the movement. Thunberg was also a part of the World Economic Forum where she spoke about the alarming rate of global warming <a href="https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/16-year-old-climate-warrior-greta-thunberg-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize-1477954-2019-03-14">saying </a>she wants people to panic about climate change.<br /><br />The strikes have also caused a social media uproar with the hashtag #Fridaysforthefuture.<br /><br />The online petition which needed 15000 signups has already been signed by over 17,000 people from over 40 countries. <br /><br /><strong>See Also:</strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/chairman-of-mahindra-group-that-makes-electric-cars-upsells-indias-performance-on-paris-pact-on-climate-change-at-wef-2019-davos/articleshow/67656856.cms">At Davos: India's pioneer electric car maker is pushing for action against climate change</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/why-the-staggering-costs-of-climate-change-on-india-are-much-more-than-monetary-losses/articleshow/66161296.cms">Why the staggering costs of climate change on India are much more than monetary losses</a><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/an-island-in-india-is-disappearing-but-some-of-the-last-residents-say-they-cant-afford-to-move-away/articleshow/66956376.cms">An island in India is disappearing, but some of the last residents say they can't afford to move away</a><br />

Indian students join Nobel Peace Prize nominee Greta Thunberg to go on strike to fight global warming

<p><strong><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>Guang Niu/Getty Images</span></p></div><p></p></div></div></strong></p><ul><li><strong>A Chinese university announced it had removed a prominent professor after hearing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him.</strong></li><li><strong>The professor's firing has become a major win for China's #MeToo movement, which has struggled to gain traction in a traditional and largely conservative society.</strong></li><li><strong>Sexual misconduct has long been taboo subject in China, but the movement is slowly bringing the topic to the national agenda. </strong></li></ul><p><br />The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-time-magazine-names-metoo-movement-as-person-of-the-year-2017-12">#MeToo movement</a> spread like wildfire on social media <a href="http://mashable.com/2017/10/19/me-too-global-spread/#rY0XiQPlamq8">across the globe</a> this year, with several countries creating their own version of the saying on social media.</p><p>But China's version, #WoYeShi, has struggled to gain traction in a traditional and largely conservative society that <a href="https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/11/will-china-have-metoo-moment/">still struggles</a> to accept that sexual harassment is still an issue. </p><p>But last week, the movement had a major victory. Beihang University announced late Thursday that it had removed a prominent professor after hearing multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against him, according to the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-boost-to-chinas-fledgling-metoo-movement-professor-removed-on-assault-claims/2018/01/12/a776caac-f761-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?utm_term=.bc79c1cdf1c4">Washington Post</a>.</p><p>In its investigation, the university found that Professor Chen Xiaowu "did sexually harass female students," the Post said. The university added that Chen would be fired from his post as vice president of the university and had his teaching license revoked. </p><p>Luo Xixi, a Chinese academic living in the US wrote on Chinese social media that as Chen's former student many years back, the professor lured her to his sister's house home and made unwanted sexual advances, according to reports. She managed to escape in tears, according to her post, and five other students came forward with allegations after Luo went public. </p><p>According to the Post, Luo called the news an "initial victory" in a statement. </p><p>The movement's initial victory came out of a grassroots push for survivors of sexual misconduct to find their voice, particularly on university campuses.</p><p>According to the <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128341/chinese-students-use-metoo-take-fight-against-sexual-harassment">South China Morning Post</a>,<span> students and alumni from dozens of Chinese universities launched online petitions in the last several weeks urging their schools to put policy into place that would prevent sexual harassment on campuses. </span></p><h2><span>But the movement faces many challenges</span></h2><p><span>Sexual misconduct has long been taboo subject in China, apparent by the fact that the movement has struggled to gain its footing in the conservative country. Besides for the trauma of assault, victims are also up against the state's crackdown on activism and an inefficient legal system, according to <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2128341/chinese-students-use-metoo-take-fight-against-sexual-harassment">the Post</a>.</span></p><p><span>"Some women have come out … [but] what's really striking is how few," Leta Hong Fincher, an expert in China's feminist movement told <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/china-women-break-silence-harassment-metoo-woyeshi">the Guardian</a>. </span></p><p><span>Fincher told the Guardian that China's Communist party censorship has facilitated a culture of censorship, making it all the more difficult for women to come forward and share their story. </span></p><p><span>Hong Fincher also believes Chinese media has been told to avoid aggressive coverage of sensitive issues, leaving issues like sexual misconduct out of the public agenda.</span></p><p><span>"There is a history of the Chinese government being really worried about political upheaval outside its borders affecting its own population and there is no question whatsoever that the #MeToo movement is seen by the authorities as potentially posing a threat," she says.</span></p><p><span>Huang Xueqin, a Freelance journalist, shared her story of sexual assault with the <a href="http://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2127420/metoo-movement-china-starts-letting-women-say-no-offensive">South China Morning Post</a> and voiced her frustration with the movement's slow burn. </span></p><p>"This is such a serious problem, but why is it so quiet here? It's like the #MeToo movement never created ripples in China," she said.</p><p>Huang created a social media platform called Anti Sexual Harassment for victims to come forward in a safe space and gather the tools necessary to prosecute perpetrators.</p><p>Despite the challenges, Huang told the Post that she is determined to catapult the movement forward.</p><p>"If the government asks me to stop, I will negotiate with them. But I don't want to and I want to keep going, because I am doing the right thing."</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/why-trump-russia-dossier-politics-fake-news-spy-luke-harding-collusion-2017-12">A reporter who met with the former spy behind the Trump-Russia dossier explains why it's not 'fake news'</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

China fired a prominent professor in a major win for the country's growing #MeToo movement

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Researchers in Israel conducted a small experiment with heterosexual college students interested in romantic relationships.</li><li>Students wore wrist monitors to track their movements and sweat gland activity during first dates.</li></ul><p>There are physical signs your <a href="https://www.insider.com/best-questions-to-ask-on-a-first-date-2019-8">first date</a> is headed in the right direction, and you can spot them within the first two minutes of meeting, according to researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.</p><p>They conducted a small study with 16 heterosexual men and 16 heterosexual women who were all college students interested in <a href="https://www.insider.com/creative-first-date-ideas-2017-1">romantic relationships</a>. The researchers mixed and matched the subjects for a total of 46 five-minute <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/sex-relationships/first-date-ideas">dates</a>, during which they monitored the subjects' sweat gland activity and behaviors. After each <a href="https://www.insider.com/guides/health/sex-relationships/first-date-questions">date</a>, the subjects told researchers whether they were romantically and sexually attracted to their match.</p><p>With dates where both subjects said they were romantically and sexually interested in the other, the researchers found the two people were more likely to have synchronized sweating and movements. These movements included smiling, nodding, and shifting arms or legs.</p><p>"The study clearly showed that when couples synchronize their physiology with one another and adapt their behavioral movements to their partner during the date, they are romantically attracted to one another," Dr. Shir Atzil, a co-author of the study, previously <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-10874905/Is-love-sight-real-Perfectly-matched-couples-biologically-sync-2-MINUTES.html">told the Daily Mail</a>.</p><p>With this study, it's unclear if attraction led to the synchronized behaviors, or if the synchronized behaviors led to subjects' attraction, so it's an area of interest for future research, said Atzil. </p><p>The researchers also found that men and women felt different levels of sexual attraction when their movements and sweating synchronized. Women tended to say they had a higher level of sexual attraction in these cases than men did, so the researchers dubbed them "super-synchronizers."</p><p>Last year, another small study from researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands found that synchronized sweating during a date could signal romantic attraction. They did not, however, find a correlation between synchronized movements and attraction.</p><p>In addition to these physical reactions as potential markers of a match, <keyword id="11910860" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="relationship" source="Orion">relationship</keyword> experts suggest looking for <a href="https://www.insider.com/signs-of-a-good-first-date-2018-9">signs of emotional and lifestyle compatibility</a>, Insider previously reported. These can include a positive life outlook, having similar values, and a genuine interest in getting to know you.</p>

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<p></p><div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div>Since September, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/columbia-student-emma-sulkowicz-still-carrying-mattress-around-campus-2014-9">Columbia University senior Emma Sulkowicz has carried a mattress around campus</a> - and on Tuesday, she brought it to the college's graduation ceremony.<p>The mattress <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/columbia-student-carrying-mattress-2014-9">is part of Sulkowicz' senior thesis</a>, a performance art piece titled "Mattress Performance: Carry That Weight." Since the beginning of her project, she has said that she would carry the mattress around campus until the male student she accuses of raping her leaves Columbia.</p><p>In April, her alleged assailant <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/r-columbia-sued-by-student-accused-of-rape-by-mattress-toting-undergrad-2015-4">identified himself as fellow Columbia senior Paul Nungesser</a>, who is currently suing the university for allegedly allowing Sulkowicz to harass and defame him. Nungesser maintains that he and Sulkowicz had consensual sex.</p><p>It was unclear whether Sulkowicz would be able to bring her mattress to graduation, <a href="http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/05/18/sulkowicz-may-not-be-allowed-bring-mattress-cc-class-day">according to The Columbia Daily Spectator</a>, after Columbia's administration emailed seniors on Monday: "Graduates should not bring into the ceremonial area large objects which could interfere with the proceedings or create discomfort to others in close, crowded spaces shared by thousands of people." That restriction was not included in emails sent to seniors in 2013 or 2014, reports the student newspaper.</p><p>However, Sulkowicz appears to have brought her mattress to graduation. Spectator <a href="https://twitter.com/teoarmus">news editor Teo Armus has pictures of the student</a> preparing to carry the mattress into the ceremony:<a href="https://twitter.com/teoarmus"></a></p><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><div><div></div></div><p>Nungesser <a href="https://twitter.com/teoarmus/status/600653476436271104">is also present at Columbia graduation</a>, Armus reports:</p><div><div></div></div>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-pronounce-difficult-words-2015-3">11 words you're mispronouncing all the time </a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="VjdjhhcTqXojYi7lJfmZl0kfpXiIb73u" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Florida's state university system chief ordered a pro-Palestine group to disband.</li><li>The ally of Gov. Ron DeSantis accused the National Students for Justice in Palestine group of supporting Hamas.</li></ul><p>A Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ally overseeing the state's university system has ordered schools to disband their chapters of a pro-Palestinian group, alleging it supports Hamas and hinting at felony charges. </p><p>Florida's state university system chancellor Ray Rodrigues <a href="https://www.flbog.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Deactivation-of-Students-for-Justice-in-Palestine.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued a memo on Tuesday</a> saying that, after speaking with DeSantis, he was ordering any chapters of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) group at state universities to be deactivated.</p><p>Rodrigues alleges that the National SJP supported Hamas' initial attacks on Israel by offering a toolkit to students that linked the militant operation to "the resistance" around the world. Rodrigues also raises the specter of a Florida law that makes it a felony to "knowingly provide material support . . . to a designated foreign terrorist organization." </p><p>The National SJP did not provide a comment to Insider, but shared a statement from the organization Palestine Legal and said that it "represents our views well."</p><p><a href="https://palestinelegal.org/news/2023/10/25/desantis-order-to-deactivate-national-sjp-in-florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Palestine Legal's statement says</a>, in part, "Florida, particularly under the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, has been actively undermining education, freedom of speech, and social justice movements, including by banning anti-racist courses and trying to criminalize protests. It is not surprising that this egregious move to silence the student movement for Palestinian rights is being pursued under DeSantis."</p><p>The statement said that the ban is a violation of students' First Amendment rights, and that Palestine Legal would be challenging it in court. </p><p>Rodrigues' memo states that there are at least two known SJP chapters at Florida state universities, but did not specifically name them.</p><p>Both the University of Florida and the University of South Florida have active chapters, a spokesperson for the State University System of Florida told Insider.</p><p>The <a href="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2023/10/DAY-OF-RESISTANCE-TOOLKIT.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National SJP's toolkit contextualizes</a> Hamas' attacks on Israel, writing, "For over 75 years, our Palestinian people, through steadfast resistance, have waged a prolonged war for liberation and return to our colonized homeland."</p><p>The group's statement continues, "What we are witnessing now is a heightened stage of the Palestinian struggle–through tearing down colonial infrastructure and liberating our colonized land from illegal settlements and military checkpoints, our people are actualizing revolution."</p><p>Rodrigues doesn't make it clear what punishments the groups would face if they don't disband, but warned that any campus demonstrations that support "terrorist groups" could result in "necessary adverse employment actions and suspensions for school officials."</p>

DeSantis' state universities chief disbanded a pro-Palestinian campus group across Florida &mdash; and hinted at felony charges

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>AP Photo/Gerald Herbert</span></p><p class="caption">Sara Smith, left, and her daughter Karina Smith visit a makeshift memorial outside the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 students and faculty were killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday, in Parkland, Florida.</p></div><p></p></div></div></p><ul><li><strong>A planned, student-led march scheduled for next month is already gaining some deep-pocketed backers.</strong></li><li><strong>The March for Our Lives, set to take place in major US cities March 24, received $500,000 pledges from George and Amal Clooney and Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday.</strong></li><li><strong>The march follows last week's deadly mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were killed.</strong></li></ul><p><br />The deadly mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that left 17 people dead last week is poised to ignite a nationwide movement against gun violence. Students <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/march-for-our-lives-florida-school-shooting-students-plan-rally-2018-2">planning demonstrations in major cities next month</a> to get the attention of lawmakers in the fight for gun reform are already earning some high-profile endorsements.</p><p>The Oscar-winning actor George Clooney and his wife, Amal, who is a human-rights lawyer, have pledged $500,000 to the March for Our Lives demonstration. Billionaire media mogul Oprah Winfrey joined the cause, pledging to match the Clooneys' donation on Tuesday.</p><p>"George and Amal, I couldn't agree with you more. I am joining forces with you and will match your $500,000 donation to 'March For Our Lives,'" <a href="https://twitter.com/Oprah/status/966079086379507712">Oprah said</a>. "These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s who also said we've had ENOUGH and our voices will be heard."</p><p>The Freedom Riders that Oprah referenced were white and African-American demonstrators who traveled on buses to cities in the segregated southern US in the 1960s, where they peacefully protested against segregated buses and restaurants. Many were arrested and brutalized in the process.</p><p>MSNBC host Joy Reid likened the student-led movement against gun violence to the students of generations past, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/966070010983612417">saying</a>, "the Civil Rights Movement was in large part populated by students -- from college to elementary -- who marched, sat in, took firehose blasts and dog bites and were even martyred in church. Don't underestimate them. Kids can change America again."</p><p>The 19-year-old gunman who opened fire on students in Parkland, Florida, last week <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/ap-life-or-death-main-decision-for-school-shooting-suspect-2018-2">is facing 17 counts of murder</a>.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/black-lives-matter-cofounder-on-how-to-really-make-america-great-patrisse-cullors-trayvon-martin-2018-2">How to make America great - according to one of the three cofounders of Black Lives Matter</a></h3>        <div>                    </div>    </div>

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Dismayed by several recent changes in school <keyword id="6375423" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="syllabus" source="Orion">syllabus</keyword> related to the weather, <keyword id="6361617" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="climate-change" source="Orion">climate change</keyword>, and even the Indian monsoon, a teachers' body has urged the <keyword id="48505" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="ncert" source="Orion">NCERT</keyword> to rethink these deletions from the school environmental syllabus and bring in different facets of the <keyword id="6375923" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="climate" source="Orion">climate</keyword> crisis.<br /><br />Teachers Against the Climate Crisis (<keyword id="14398053" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tacc" source="Orion">TACC</keyword>) has claimed the NCERT has removed an entire chapter on Greenhouse Effect from Class 11 Geography syllabus; an entire chapter on weather, climate weather systems, and water from the Class 7 syllabus; and information about the Indian monsoon from the Class 9 syllabus.<br /><br />TACC, a non-funded, non-party organisation that seeks to promote understanding about climate and has members across universities and research institutions across <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword>, said it appreciates NCERT's efforts to manage learning deficit in wake of the Covid-19 pandemic by seeking to reduce students' workload by culling material - as explained on its website - however, "none of these concerns apply to fundamental issues such as climate change science, the Indian monsoon, and the other chapters that have been deleted."<br /><br />Stating that the relevant climate change science as being continuously updated via thousands of peer-reviewed papers published each year as well as very important compilations such as the <keyword id="8956" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="intergovernmental-panel" source="Orion">Intergovernmental Panel</keyword> on Climate Change (IPCC's) latest Assessment Reports and India's own report on climate change published by an agency under the <keyword id="158211" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ministry-of-earth-sciences" source="Orion">Ministry of Earth Sciences</keyword>, a statement from TACC said, "It is extremely important that senior school students all over India are conveyed the essence of such updated information in an accessible, easy-to-understand manner."<br /><br />Across the world, including in India, students have been more and more concerned about the drastic changes wrought by environmental degradation, of which climate change is an example. "Young people's actions and interventions are crucial to meeting this most fundamental challenge. This action needs to be predicted upon systematic knowledge of the reality of climate change, its causes, and its enormous reach. Students need to understand the complexity of the climate crisis if they are to respond and engage intelligently with it," TACC said.<br /><br />Class 10 students, however, will no longer be able to learn and be inspired by popular people's movements such as Chipko movement or Narmada Bachao Andolan in their 'Popular Struggles and Movements' lessons since the chapter on them has been taken out of their 'Democratic Politics' syllabus, it said, and urged the NCERT to rethink its decision about deletions of these topics from the environmental syllabi.<br /><br />SEE ALSO : <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/twitter-fires-30-of-its-employees-in-the-talent-acquisition-team/articleshow/92739415.cms">Twitter fires 30% of its employees in the talent acquisition team</a><br /><a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/elon-musks-44-billion-twitter-deal-is-in-jeopardy-says-report/articleshow/92738854.cms">Elon Musk's $44 billion Twitter deal is in jeopardy, says report</a><br /><br />

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<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><p class="source"><span>REUTERS/Carlo Allegri</span></p><p class="caption">The Black Lives Matter movement was disparaged in an op-ed in The Wesleyan Argus.</p></div><p></p></div></div>Wesleyan students, alumni, and staff have signed a petition calling for a boycott of The Wesleyan Argus and withdrawing its student group funding over the publication of an op-ed that included criticism of the "Black Lives Matter" movement, <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2015/09/21/petition-demands-defunding-of-argus/">The Wesleyan Argus reported.</a></p><p>The op-ed, <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2015/09/14/of-race-and-sex/">"Why Black Lives Matter Isn't What You Think</a>," drew fury around campus, and The Argus was accused of supporting institutional racism.</p><p>The op-ed, written by staff writer Bryan Stascavage, questioned the legitimacy of the Black Lives Matter movement, and pointed out that some people want it to be labeled a hate group for supposedly inciting violence against police officers.</p><p>His statements were seen as highly controversial and offensive to the petitioners on campus, at a time when the country is grappling with a spate of African-American deaths at the hands of white police officers.</p><p>In response to the anger, the paper's editorial staff <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2015/09/17/staff-editorial/">ran a response to the op-ed saying,</a> "We hear the community's concerns about the piece's treatment of police brutality and its implications about the lives of people of color. We sincerely apologize for the distress the piece caused the student body."</p><p>Still, The Argus stood by its decision to run the piece, explaining that the opinion section is open to any writer who wishes to share their thoughts on a topic, even if they are unpopular or controversial.</p><p dir="ltr">The boycott has spurred discussions on the role of a newspaper and their responsibility to students.</p><p dir="ltr">Paul Singley, President of the Connecticut Society for Professional Journalists, <a href="http://wesleyanargus.com/2015/09/21/petition-demands-defunding-of-argus/">told the Argus that a newspaper's First Amendment rights</a> should not be called into question simply for publishing controversial stories.</p><p dir="ltr">"That's what a good newspaper does," Singley said. "It shares ideas, it shares opinions."</p><p dir="ltr">The anger over the op-ed also touches upon the increasingly prevalent opinion that college campuses are becoming too politically correct.</p><p>President Barack Obama recently he waded into the discussion over political dialogue on college campuses and said students should not be "coddled" from opposing political viewpoints.</p><p>"I've heard of some college campuses where they don't want to have a guest speaker who is too conservative," Obama said.</p><p>"Or they don't want to read a book if it has language that is offensive to African-Americans, or somehow sends a demeaning signal towards women. I don't agree that you, when you become students at colleges, have to be coddled and protected from different points of views," he added.</p>    <div class="margin-top">        <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/aerial-video-explosion-blast-site-tianjin-china-2015-8">New aerial footage shows aftermath of explosion in China</a></h3>        <div>            <div>        <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="tkdzUxdzqidr5j3bDhTKNZS1v2q3Z4nZ" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div>        </div>        </div>            </div>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Democratic politicians are worried that Biden's student loan inaction will dampen youth turnout. </li><li><keyword id="13418712" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="young-voters" source="Orion">Young voters</keyword> propelled Biden to the White House, but their support for the president has slipped.</li></ul><p>Democrats are increasingly concerned that President <keyword id="99719" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="joe-biden" source="Orion">Joe Biden</keyword>'s inaction on <keyword id="12228885" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="student-loan-debt" source="Orion">student loan debt</keyword> will cost the party at the polls this November among younger voters — one of their most reliable bases of support — as the president has so far declined to forgive up to $10,000 per borrower.</p><p>A pause on student-loan payments, with waived interest, has been in place since March 2020, and Biden extended the pause for a third time through May 2022. Biden administration officials said last month that they were <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/09/biden-student-loan-payment-freeze-00015439">considering</a> a continuation of the freeze as the White House mull over a final plan.</p><p>However, even with an additional extension of loan payments, many of the younger voters who buoyed Biden's successful presidential bid and helped deliver the Senate majority to Democrats after the 2020 election are looking for answers, and party leaders are growing uneasy about the uncertainty of the administration's plans.</p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/18/student-loan-payments-debt-biden-00018586">According to a Politico report</a>, advocates with ties to the White House are becoming restive, emphasizing that it is becoming progressively difficult to motivate the millions of younger voters who enthusiastically turned out for Democrats in 2018 and 2020 to do the same for the <keyword id="11994983" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="2022-midterms" source="Orion">2022 midterms</keyword>.</p><p>Democratic politicians are also asking the president to give the millions of borrowers who have had their loans paused several weeks of notice before finalizing a decision about a potential extension. They argue that major financial changes could create further financial instability for some borrowers, per the report.</p><p>For many advocates and Democratic politicians, the maneuvering signals a desire for Biden to utilize his executive powers to wipe out at least $10,000 in student-loan debt per borrower, which many millennial and Gen Z voters have been waiting for since the president moved into the White House in January 2021. And those same figures want the action to be taken well before voters submit their ballots this fall.</p><p>High-profile politicians including Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, along with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, <a href="https://www.warren.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/warren-schumer-pressley-colleagues-president-biden-can-and-should-use-executive-action-to-cancel-up-to-50000-in-federal-student-loan-debt-immediately">have all called for</a> Biden to cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower.</p><p>Ocasio-Cortez, one of the highest-profile millennial politicians in the US, has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-biden-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-democrats-2021-2">pressed</a> the White House about their position for over a year, and she has been relentless in using social media platforms to advocate for cancellation.</p><p>"The case against <keyword id="12029999" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="student-loan-forgiveness" source="Orion">student loan forgiveness</keyword> is looking shakier by the day," she wrote in February 2021, just weeks after Biden took office. "We've got the Senate Majority Leader [Schumer] on board to forgive $50k. Biden's holding back, but many of the arguments against it just don't hold water on close inspection."</p><p>During Biden's first State of the Union speech earlier this month, Ocasio-Cortez pointed out the lack of urgency on the issue during a speech that was dominated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the continuing fight against inflation. The congresswoman praised Biden for his strong support of the Ukrainian people but reiterated that he didn't touch on core issues that younger voters were looking to hear during the speech.</p><p>"There are some things that were left unsaid that we are really going to have to work on as a party, in order to really speak to constituencies that have historically supported the president, whose turnout we need, whose support we need right now and in the coming years, that perhaps haven't heard their issues spoken to in the way that they wanted to hear it," <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/aoc-student-loan-forgiveness-left-unsaid-state-of-the-union-2022-3">she said on MSNBC</a> after Biden's address.</p><p>She added: "Things like student loan debt, the larger themes and crises in <keyword id="11897808" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="education" source="Orion">education</keyword>, as well as the piece on immigration was really just glossed over."</p><div type="image" title="Student debt protestors" height="5464" width="8192" msid="90326927" hostid="261"></div><h2>'They are not doing many things that young people can actually feel'</h2><p>In addition to student loans, advocates with ties to the White House worry that stalled bills that would have expanded voting rights and addressed climate change will only serve as reminders of the administration's struggles to implement core elements of its legislative agenda.</p><p>Max Lubin, the co-founder and chief executive of Rise, Inc., a nonprofit organization that <a href="https://risefree.org/">advocates</a> for eliminating college tuition, told Politico that the president's State of the Union address didn't leave a lot of room policy-wise for the party's most reliable supporters.</p><p>"The White House doesn't seem to get that their base isn't just old white people who want to hear 'Fund the police,'" he told the outlet. "It's young and racially diverse and we need student debt cancellation and climate action for young people to have a fair shot."</p><p>In 2020, where young voters <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/young-voters-record-voting-turnout-biden-trump-presidential-election-2020-11">turned out</a> in historic numbers, the voters under 30 who cast ballots overwhelmingly supported Biden over then-President Donald Trump by a 60% to 36% margin, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/2016-2020-electoral-maps-exit-polls-compared-2020-11#in-2016-younger-voters-favored-clinton-while-older-americans-voted-for-trump-this-year-more-younger-voters-chose-biden-and-older-voters-were-split-between-the-two-candidates-3">according to Edison Research</a>. </p><p>However, in recent months, several <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/01/joe-biden-young-voter-problem-523588">major surveys</a> have shown Biden struggling with voters in that age demographic — which, if left unaddressed, could spell trouble in closely-divided Senate and gubernatorial races in swing states like Arizona and Georgia.</p><p>In a meeting with White House officials last week, several activists told Politico that they remained unsure of the president's path forward as it pertains to student loans. A long-promised memo that White House chief of staff Ron Klain said would detail Biden's plans for student loan debt has not yet surfaced.</p><p>Lubin told Politico that he informed the administration that "they are not doing many things that young people can actually feel."</p><p>He added: "And if you can't describe to me how young people feel the impact of your executive action on equity, then I don't really know why they would expect them to support or even understand what that policy is."</p><p>Democratic Rep. Nikema Williams of Georgia told Politico that "there are a lot of people that are still waiting" for Biden to grant an executive order that forgives student loan debt.</p><p>She continued: "We did what people told us to do: Go to college, get a good job, start a career and a family, but it's holding us back. This is holding back generations of people."</p>

Democrats worry that Biden's lack of movement on student loan debt will depress turnout among young voters in midterms

<p><div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div><p></p></div></div>Jack Ma, the CEO of e-commerce giant Alibaba and China's <a href="http://fortune.com/2014/09/23/alibabas-jack-ma-becomes-chinas-richest-man/">richest man</a>, appears to have a lot of sympathy for the student-led protests disrupting Hong Kong over that last month.</p>
<p>"Hong Kong part of me (thinks) it's not about China and Hong Kong relationship. It's about the young people who don't have hope," Ma <a href="http://m.wsj.com/articles/alibaba-interested-in-payment-partnership-with-apple-1414471569?mobile=y&amp;mod=LS1&amp;ref=/news/technology">told a technology conference</a>. "All the big guys take ... the good things and the young people feel hopeless. I understand that but they should not push too much. Both sides should listen."</p>
<p>The financial hub and former British colony of <a class="cite"><span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Hong</span></span> <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Kong</span></span></a> has been rocked by a student-led civil disobedience movement called "Occupy Central" that demands full democracy, sparking clashes with police and other groups.</p>
<p>Hong Kong returned from British to Chinese rule in 1997 under a "one country, two systems" formula that allows it wide-ranging autonomy and freedoms and specifies universal suffrage for choosing its leader as an ultimate goal.</p>
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<p>But Communist Party leaders in Beijing have insisted on screening candidates for the job first, prompting the popular, and in the most part courteous, dissent.</p>
<p>The student-led protesters now appear to be settling in indefinitely, even though the government is powerless to change the financial hub's "Basic Law" mini-constitution and go against Beijing rule.</p>
<p>China's Communist Party said on Tuesday it aims to prevent "external forces" intervening in <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Hong</span></span> <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Kong</span></span> and Macau, the official Xinhua news agency reported via its microblog.</p>
<p>The ruling party added it supported the chief executive of <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Hong</span></span> <span class="highlight"><span class="highlight">Kong</span></span> and his administration.</p>
<p>Neighbouring Macau, a former Portuguese colony, has seen similar protests.</p>
<p>(h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/BryFitz/status/527053325637009408">@BryFitz</a>)</p>

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