Well that was stupid...
Apr. 21st, 2005 12:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tanithryudoSo today was the second day of the last career fair at school, right? I went to the one yesterday, but I thought I'd drop by again today. So I get to Sproul and I see all these protesters all over the place and police guarding the front of the MLK center. Well, that in itself wasn't strange, since the police were hanging around yesterday too. But then I try to get into the MLK center and I get stopped by one of cops, telling me I need to get in line with everyone else.
That was when I looked around and realized that yeah, there was this huge line leading up to the MLK center. And why was there a line, you ask? Because they were checking everyone's backpacks before letting them in.
...
Well, as much as I felt the impulse to just turn around and leave, I decided that since I was there, I might as well go in and see what's the fuss all about. And yes, there were actually protestors stupid enough to sneak in past the cops, and where physically "escorted" out again.
Meanwhile, when I got up to the Pauley Ballroom where the career fair was held, I found out that most of the stands there weren't engineering/CS oriented. I also noticed another long line leading into the back, where the military organizations were pitching their thing. I guess that's what the protest downstairs was all about. There was a line of people wanting to "talk" to the military recruiters, ie. to protest. Looks like the military isn't going to get much out of this particular fair. (Which makes me wonder... where were these people in the last few career fairs where the military all attended?)
Yeah, and that was the stupidity of the day. *shakes head*
That was when I looked around and realized that yeah, there was this huge line leading up to the MLK center. And why was there a line, you ask? Because they were checking everyone's backpacks before letting them in.
...
Well, as much as I felt the impulse to just turn around and leave, I decided that since I was there, I might as well go in and see what's the fuss all about. And yes, there were actually protestors stupid enough to sneak in past the cops, and where physically "escorted" out again.
Meanwhile, when I got up to the Pauley Ballroom where the career fair was held, I found out that most of the stands there weren't engineering/CS oriented. I also noticed another long line leading into the back, where the military organizations were pitching their thing. I guess that's what the protest downstairs was all about. There was a line of people wanting to "talk" to the military recruiters, ie. to protest. Looks like the military isn't going to get much out of this particular fair. (Which makes me wonder... where were these people in the last few career fairs where the military all attended?)
Yeah, and that was the stupidity of the day. *shakes head*
