Occupy Movement
Occupy Wall Street began Sept. 17 in New York’s financial center as a reaction against social and economic inequalities, spreading throughout the nation and the world. One instance of the movement is Occupy Philadelphia, which "began Oct. 6 at City Hall":/index.php/article/2011/10/occupy_philly_protest_kicks_off and has seen some involvement from Penn students and faculty. Occupy Philadelphia protesters have set up a tent village in Dilworth Plaza and plan to camp out indefinitely, despite preexisting "construction plans that would require protesters to move":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/occupy_movement_may_be_relocated_due_to_construction.
Demonstrators "marched to Huntsman Hall":/index.php/article/2011/10/cantor_cancels_huntsman_hall_visit on Friday, Oct. 21 in the form of Occupy Eric Cantor. Cantor, the House Majority Leader, canceled his appearance at a Wharton Leadership Lecture on Oct. 21, but protesters still flocked to campus, even storming into Huntsman before security escorted them out. A separate group, "OccupyPenn, has also formed":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/11/occupypenn_educates_community_on_the_national_movement, holding teach-ins and other events around campus.
Mayor Michael Nutter announced that Philadelphia would change its previously accommodating stance toward Occupy Philadelphia after a woman "reported being raped on Nov. 12":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/11/rape_reported_at_occupy_philadelphia. “We’re re-evaluating our entire relationship,” Nutter told the press.
In New York, police entered Occupy Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park site in the early morning of Nov. 15, using zip-tie handcuffs, spraying fire extinguishers and evacuating the 100 or so protesters present. Police announced that “the city [had] determined that the continued occupation of Zuccotti Park poses an increasing health and fire safety hazard.”
In the early morning of Nov. 30 — three days after an eviction deadline set by Mayor and 1976 Wharton graduate Michael Nutter — police "cleared Center City’s Dilworth Plaza":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/11/police_clear_occupy_philadelphia_site, where Occupy Philadelphia protesters have been encamped for two months. Four Penn students and a professor were "among the 52 arrested":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/12/penn_occupiers_freed_after_jailstay in protesters' ensuing march around Center City.
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A protester yells into a megaphone outside Huntsman Hall after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor cancelled a planned lecture on Oct. 21. Read more »
h2. Multimedia
h3. *Into November*
• "Video: Students react to Occupy Philadelphia raid":http://thedp.com/index.php/multimedia/23175
• "Photos: OccupyPenn teach-in":http://thedp.com/index.php/gallery/occupy_penn
• "Photos: Occupy Philly protests Romney fundraiser":http://thedp.com/index.php/gallery/occupy_philly_protests_romney_fundraiser
h3. *'Occupy Eric Cantor'*
• "Video recap of 'Occupy Eric Cantor'":http://thedp.com/index.php/multimedia/22481
• "62 photos of the protest at Penn":http://thedp.com/index.php/gallery/cantor_protest_at_huntsman_hall
• "Video: Protesters storm Huntsman Hall":http://thedp.com/index.php/multimedia/22404
• "Online reactions to Cantor's cancellation":http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/reactions_to_cantors_cancellation
h3. *The early stages*
• "Video: What do students think of the movement?":/index.php/multimedia/22123
• "Video: Protesters' takes on what Occupy Philly is about":/index.php/multimedia/22056
• "Map: Occupy Philly camp":/index.php/article/2011/10/map_occupy_philly_camp
• "88 photos of the first day of occupation":/index.php/gallery/occupy_philadelphia_protest_at_city_hall
• "Tweets from around Occupy Philadelphia":/index.php/blog/redandblue/2011/10/occupy_philly_tweets
Administration, activists explain Huntsman Hall building entry
Protesters entered Huntsman Hall on Oct. 21, at about 4:00 p.m., despite plans between activist group organizers and the Division of Public Safety to stay out of the building. TOPICS: Occupy movementGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest
Rachel del Valle | Protest in ‘the people’s university’
Read a first-person account of Friday’s Occupy Eric Cantor demonstration.Your Voice | Graduate student statement of solidarity
More than 100 Penn graduate students express support for the Occupy movement express solidarity with the Occupy movement.Your Voice | Cantor's cancellation
Readers sound off on Eric Cantor’s speech cancellation and the protest surrounding it. ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for delivery CHARLES GRAY: Get better, not bitter
Charles Gray | Get better — not bitter
Yesterday, we missed an opportunity to hear Eric Cantor talk about the solution to the problems our nation faces.
Eric Cantor protest draws ire, support of community
In the aftermath of demonstrators storming campus after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Friday appearance at Huntsman Hall, Penn students reflected on the protest hitting close to home. VIDEO: ‘Occupy Eric Cantor’ERIC CANTOR: Wharton remarks, as prepared for deliveryGALLERY: 62 photos of Cantor protest at Huntsman HallTOPICS: Occupy movement
Reactions to Cantor's cancellation
Check out how people responded to the news online. RELATED: Eric Cantor cancels Huntsman Hall visitEric Cantor | Wharton remarks, as prepared for delivery
Read the speech that the House Majority Leader had prepared for his Wharton Leadership Lecture.
Protesters storm campus after Cantor cancels visit
After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled his Wharton Leadership Lecture slated for Friday afternoon, protesters congregated on campus, chanting inside and outside Huntsman Hall and prompting increased security efforts. VIDEO: Protesters in Huntsman Hall GALLERY: Photos of protesters on campus REACTION: Online response to Cantor’s cancellationEditorial | Protests and privilege
The Occupy movement compels us to consider the meaning of our elite education. TOPICS: Occupy PhiladelphiaPenn prepares for Eric Cantor protesters
Friday afternoon, an estimated 500-1,000 protesters will stand outside Huntsman Hall while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) speaks to the Penn community about income inequality in his Wharton Leadership Lecture.Penn admins encourage student involvement in Occupy Philadelphia
Along with several undergraduate deans, Penn President Amy Gutmann said she has been pleased to see students participating in the Occupy Philadelphia protests — which began as an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street — and contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the future of the nation.
Bringing Occupy Philadelphia to campus
The Kelly Writers House monthly Speakeasy provided a venue for students and community members to voice opinions about the movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street. TOPICS: Occupy PhiladelphiaOccupy movement may be relocated due to construction
Occupy Philadelphia’s tent village continues to grow outside City Hall, despite the city’s plans to begin construction of an ice skating rink in the lower plaza in mid-November. TOPICS: Occupy PhiladelphiaYour Voice | A simplistic and self-serving explanation
John LaVoy of the Educational Opportunity Center criticizes Charles Gray’s recent column on the roots of the financial crisis.
Cornelius Range V | Occupying parallel realities
Most Penn students live in a different reality from those at the heart of the Occupy Wall Street protests. In order to fairly assess the movement, we have to step into this other reality.'Occupy Eric Cantor' protesters will march to Huntsman Hall
Protesters are demonstrating against House of Representatives Majority Leader Eric Cantor, who will be speaking at Penn on Friday as part of the Wharton Leadership Lecture Series. TOPICS: Occupy movement
Charles Gray | A message to the 100 percent
The problem with Penn professors’ Occupy Wall Street solidarity statement is that it takes what happened in a few months in 2008 and uses it to explain the entire financial crisis.Map: Occupy around the Ivies
View Occupy Philly around the Ivies in a larger map