Student's Demands Met at Towson University by President After 8-Hour Office Sit-In

 #BlackLivesMatter #OccupyTowson #StudentBlackout #WeAreMizzou

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It has always been said that the youth will start a revolution. Across the country, college students have decided to take a stand to fight social injustices. The Baltimore Sun reported that two dozen African American students at Towson University carried out a successful protest until midnight in the interim President Timothy Chandler's office this past Wednesday with a list of 13 demands.

The list of demands was not strictly geared towards the right of African American students but all students that attend the school. The requirements were directed towards increasing the number of tenured faculty members of color, adding cultural competency courses and creating a no-tolerance policy on racial, sexual and homophobic epithets with consequences to include "potential expulsion."

What exactly was taking place at the university? It is said that some of the struggles that the students faced were, "egg shells, and racial slurs being thrown out of windows; racial slurs being shouted at house parties; sexual and racial epithets from classroom professors; lack of representation in black faculty on the tenure track; lack of cultural competency in our peers and professors; the discontinuation of Towson Debate; etc., etc."

Deb Moriarty, the school's vice president for student affairs, along with a handful of other faculty members helped to assist, review, and revise the student's demands. While the sit-in was taking place, the students were live streaming, tweeting and using the hashtag #OccupyTowson. An agreement was made and signed at 12:40 a.m.

Repost from @youngglow: We've been here since 5:00pm it's now 6:30pm. Out of our list of 13 demands, #WhiteSupremacy and #CoonsGoneWild have brought up every minut detail in an attempt to derail our efforts! We're only on our 2nd demand, but I promise you we will not leave until we have finished our demands! #TowsonUniversity and the rest of the #WhiteSupremacy structure at play here in Baltimore will learn that #BlackPower will never be silenced. As long as my ancestors move within my spirit and the spirit of the people, WE WILL NOT QUIT! To stay up to date please check Twitter/Instagram under the hash tags.... #Ase #OccupyTowson #TowosnIsMizzou #BlackStudentsMatter #StudentBlackout #MayPeaceBeWithYou A video posted by cuteipi (@cuteipi) on Nov 18, 2015 at 4:48pm PST

Chandler stated, "This is what universities are supposed to do. We are supposed to help students express their opinions and find solutions to problems as they see them... I'm extraordinarily proud of this group of students, who want to make this a better place, not just for them, for all us."

Do you believe that this is how university presidents are supposed to conduct themselves when students voice their concerns or do you feel like the administration should not have "caved" to pressure? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.