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Oh, Mark Yudof. You are not having a good year. First all the problems with the UC system, and now this. A cemetery in your own backyard.
Yes, you read that correctly. After the long conference about the California public education crisis, a crowd of protesters were so riled up that they journeyed all the way to Yudof’s Oakland Hills home and built a “mock cemetery” on the hillside.
Why a cemetery? Well, you know, it’s “in keeping with Yudof’s recent comparison of the university to a cemetery.” In case you’ve forgotten, in an interview with the New York Times, Yudof said, “being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery: there are many people under you, but no one is listening. I listen to them.”
This (unclear) comment raised the collective hackles of the people. Well, that and the fact that the UC system pays $10,000 a month for Yudof’s rent during a budget crisis.
So the protesters did what anyone would do: they went to Yudof’s house and built a cemetery. Out of paper.
This protest is in dire need of a rousing chant. How about: What do we want? To freak out Mark Yudof with an obscure reference. When do we want it? Halloween-time seems appropriate.
And well, what about it, university officials? Are you good and scared now? We wouldn’t be. Nothing can match the collective college student fear of the budget cuts. In comparison, every other fear is just our little brother lurking in the hallway with a flashlight and some red corn syrup.
Partisan position: Protestors give UC president a cemetery [Berkeley Daily Planet]
Image source: kkimpel under Creative Commons
Tags:budget cuts, cemetery, frights, Halloween, Mark Yudof, protesters
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