New York, NY —
Twenty-two people have been arrested for occupying a New School building near Union Square. The group wants President Bob Kerrey and the school's COO to resign.
But not all students at the university were happy with the protesters. David Eisenhauer, a senior who organizes around sustainability issues, says when a protest turns into a police scene, the administration may get less tolerant of other forms of student activism.
EISENHAUER: It makes it a little more difficult because you constantly have to check in with security and make sure they know that any time you're having an event you're not trying to occupy a building.
The New School issued a statement saying it would continue to support student civic engagement as long as it is peaceful and only called the police after reports of a forced entry and injury to a bystander inside the building.
It also said it has suspended all the New School students involved in the protest today.