Comments on: Chained to the statue of Georgetown’s founder, members of Plan A Hoyas continue protests in front of prospective students

By: Vox Populi » Chronicle of Higher Education revives the Plan A Hoyas debate

Vox Populi » Chronicle of Higher Education revives the Plan A Hoyas debate — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:01:44 +0000

[...] revolves around her time as one of the three members of Plan A: Hoyas for Reproductive Justice that chained themselves to the John Carroll statue in [...]

By: Vox Populi » ANC Wrap-up: Bar hours extension extravaganza!

Vox Populi » ANC Wrap-up: Bar hours extension extravaganza! — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:23:14 +0000

[...] People chaining themselves to things and requiring your attendance—Vox feels that. [...]

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:07:41 +0000

[...] second they finished their Kardashian-recommended cleanse diets. Nope, brain fart, instead it was Plan A Hoyas which I now think I’m ready judge since I’ve meticulously glanced at Vox Pop’s [...]

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:32:45 +0000

While in agreement with Plan A’s message, this student wishes they would have chosen a different day for their protest. The pr0test came in the middle of a GAAP weekend (Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program: weekend opportunities for accepted students to check out the University before agreeing to attend). Many students put their entire year into planning GAAP weekends, to hold this kind of a protest during a SATURDAY of the event is disrespectful to those students. The protest was meant to anger the University, not to engage current Georgetown Students. I understand and respect Plan A’s frustration, and their desire to ‘stick it’ to the university administration, but to do so at the expense of other student’s hard work, and to do so with so little support from current students, strikes me as irresponsible and, to be frank, quite rude.

Again: Plan A’s demands are both honorable and just. This writer agrees with them on nearly every point. The medium of their message this Saturday, though, was disrespectful and has cost them at the very least this one student.

By: Vox Populi » Plan A Hoyas to meet with University officials on Tuesday

Vox Populi » Plan A Hoyas to meet with University officials on Tuesday — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:52:15 +0000

[...] University officials on Tuesday following their high-profile GAAP weekend protests on Friday and Saturday, WTOP is reporting. Marion Cory (COL ‘10), a Plan A Hoyas leader and a board member of United [...]

By: Surprise

Surprise — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:08:33 +0000

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36076370/ns/local_news-washington_dc/

surprise surprise… Georgetown caved in… good to know that harassment and blackmail goes a long way in life.

By: Senior

Senior — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:24:52 +0000

By: Fiore

Fiore — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:20:35 +0000

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner:

Side note: someone at the circle was holding up a sign asking “Georgetown: what’s your plan A?” My guess is that the university’s answer is exactly that: “A”bstinence

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:36:53 +0000

There’s a false dichotomy being presented here: disruption and silence. Many seem to believe that the only way for Plan A to engage in meaningful dialogue is to do crazy, disruptive things in an attempt at getting attention. It’s not like there’s not forums for these discussions. Table in Red Square, write letters to the editor, hold events, heck even the guerrilla theater seemed to mostly draw shrugs of “well, it’s stupid, and they’re bad actors, but whatever.” However, the correct recourse when people aren’t interested in changing things isn’t to force yourself upon them, grab them by the metaphorical shoulders and scream “pay attention to me!” They had their outlet to express their views. People talked for a bit, but it seemed there wasn’t exactly the groundswell of support for rebellion they were expecting.

So it seems people are talking past each other. One side is saying “these are necessary issues to be debating! Georgetown’s policy is bad!” and the other side is saying “these actions are too radical and unnecessarily disruptive!” So my question to Plan A is this: Why do you think that this topic can’t be handled by conventional avenues of dialog? If the answer is “that didn’t change anything,” then I’d say we disagree about the purpose of dialog.

Side note: someone at the circle was holding up a sign asking “Georgetown: what’s your plan A?” My guess is that the university’s answer is exactly that: “A”bstinence

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:14:47 +0000

49 comments…Fuck I love controversy.