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ANTI-TRUMP PROTEST

SUNY-O STUDENTS

TAKE TO RAMPARTS

The protest, with SUNY Oneonta student Sara Kugelman and Oneonta High School students Massimo Avanzato and Meghana Naraparaju in the lead, marches through the SUNY Oneonta quad to the Hunt Union. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)
The protest, with SUNY Oneonta student Sara Kugelman and Oneonta High School students Massimo Avanzato and Meghana Naraparaju in the lead, marches through the SUNY Oneonta quad to the Hunt Union. (Ian Austin/AllOTSEGO.com)

By JASON BIRKELBACH • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com

Emily Houton’s sign says it all.
Emily Houton’s sign says it all.

ONEONTA – The election results did not surprise SUNY Oneonta student Kevin Torres. That’s not to say he was happy about them. That night on Facebook, Torres made a “private event”: a protest of Donald Trump’s victory held on campus today, Veterans Day.

“In the beginning there were only 10 people,” Torres said. “Until I was pushed to make the event public, which I did, and received a lot of participation. It’s incredible to see the response.”

That original 10 grew into the hundreds of Oneonta students who, angered and frustrated with Trump’s platform, marched, hoisted signs, and chanted in protest of the election results this afternoon on the quad between the Netzer Administration Building and Schumaker Hall.

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