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Hundreds of students gathered at Storke Tower in solidarity with the nationwide #MillionStudentMarch. The protestors demanded for a tuition-free higher education, $15-per-hour minimum wage, and the cancellation of all student debt. Marchers walked through the Arbor and North Hall before ending their march at Cheadle Hall, taping declarations of their student debt on Cheadle’s windows. Many carried megaphones, flyers about student activist rights and posters in support of presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
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Rallying in solidarity with over 100 campuses nationwide, hundreds of UCSB students participate in the #MillionStudentMarch on Thurs., Nov. 12. | Photo by Mathew Burciaga, Executive Managing Editor
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Funneling through North Hall, the site of previous acts of student activism, protestors attempt to rally the campus by chanting and calling upon students to "walk out." | Photo by Mathew Burciaga, Executive Managing Editor
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Hundreds of students and allies gather at the base of Storke Tower prior to the march for a rally. | Photo by Benjamin Hurst, Photo Editor
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Second year communication major Derrick Duren stands with protesters at the base of Storke Tower. | Photo by Teni Adedeji, The Bottom Line
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Fourth year global studies and art double major and Student Advocate General Joseline Garcia and third year political science and feminist studies major Josephine Ampaw prepare to rally the crowd. | Photo by Benjamin Hurst, Photo Editor
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Fourth year environmental studies major and Black Student Union Political Chair Nia Mitchell says, "It is not a coincidence that black people were not allowed to learn how to read and write [in the past]. However, we cannot achieve upward mobility when we are bound to the shackles of Sallie Mae." | Photo by Benjamin Hurst, Photo Editor
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Graduate Student Association President Aaron Jones addresses the crowd at the start of the rally. According to Jones, the Graduate Student Association stands in solidarity with undergraduate students participating in the rally. |
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Third year political science major and UConsent Coordinator Gema Hernández leads protestors back to Storke Tower. | Photo by Teni Adedeji, The Bottom Line
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In 2015, UCSB students walked out of classes in solidarity with the #MillionStudentMarch movement, which called for free tuition at public universities. (Mathew Burciaga/The Bottom Line File Photo)
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Marjan Abubo, outreach coordinator for the Office of the Student Advocate, stands with second year psychology major and Campus Organizer Hannah Houska on the steps of Campbell Hall. | Photo by Benjamin Hurst, Photo Editor
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Fourth year Natalie Saldaña joins protestors in front of Cheadle Hall. | Photo by Teni Adedeji, The Bottom Line
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Students created a "Wall of Debt" on the windows of Cheadle Hall, plastered with papers that say how much debt they have from college. | Photo by Gwendolyn Wu, AS Beat Reporter