On Wednesday, there will be a protest on the Quad against Chancellor Herman’s Inclusive Illinois initiative. The Facebook event announcing it says that “Racism , Power, and Privilege @ UIUC. FORUM 2007″ is the host.

Titled “Take Back the Union!”, its tagline is “because racism, power and privilege didn’t begin or end with the chief halftime dances”
The organizers are against the “business as usual” behavior from the administration.

Some excerpts from their grievances:

“-It’s starting an “Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund” -Link addition is mine
-Its not providing safe spaces and resources for undocumented students and workers.
-It’s continuing to allow companies with horrible working condition and poor labor rights to produce U of I apparel
-Its continuing the culture of silence by refusing to have transparent decision making processes
-Its allowing government units and groups to recruit on campus that are currenty involved in the colonization, exploitation, and extraction of resources from the third world”

Initial thoughts? I’ll probably have some reaction tomorrow.

A reader sent this into me last night about 9PM and I awake this morning to find it at the top of Drudge, YouTube and most of the major news websites.

You may remember this incident in which a UCLA student was tasered multiple times in the school library.It seems that in this case, Senator Kerry finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. He’s announced that he will not run for President in 2008, but seek another term as Massachusetts’ junior Senator. It’s going to be interesting to see how he handles this incident, especially because of his high profile but also because he’s a former district attorney.But I suppose the big question at the moment is whether the police were justified in their actions. Post your thoughts.