http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/22/BAUB131HLG.DTL


Well, it's nice to see that the UC does indeed have a sense of humor. This article indicates that they are mad as hell, and not gonna take it anymore. Guess who's going to have to pay the university upwards of $10,000 each? That's right, kids, everyone's favorite tree sitters!

It's kind of sad to think that these people (obviously unemployed, because if you had a job, you could hardly afford to up and go live in a tree for a year) might have to go into debt to pay off the cost of living in said tree. And by sad I mean HILARIOUS. I hope that teaches them some sort of lesson - fuck with capitalism, and capitalism will fuck with you right back. Ah, sweet sweet irony.

Perhaps they could ask their supporters to send around a coffee can for donations from the crowd - which they did for bail money for the final four tree sitters on the day they came dow. I had a bobby pin and a receipt for two coronas at a club in SF in my pocket which I surreptitiously slipped in the can when the girl holding it was picking dirt out of her dreads. It made me happy.

The best part is that they are going to try and track down ALL the dirty hippies that were living in the trees - 15 to 20 of them. Don't they know the exact number? Oh wait, some refused to give their real names so perhaps there were some repeats in there. Did I tell you that SHEM was the same as FRESH, the guy who was living in a tree in the middle of Cal in a separate tree sit in March before he came down voluntarily? That kind of pisses me off... like pick one hippie name and stick with it. Like your convictions. If you had them.