About ten students were arrested Wednesday after refusing to leave a University of Minnesota building where they were protesting a proposal to eliminate the university's General College.
A crowd of more than 100 rallied outside Morrill Hall as speakers supported the role of the college to help low-income and minority students get into the university.
Seven people began sitting in or near President Robert Bruininks' outer office in Morrill Hall about 10:15 yesterday morning and another ten to 12 reportedly sat or stood in the hall outside. Bruininks was not in his office.
Six of the seven in the president's office were arrested shortly after six p-m on trespassing charges, as were three or four others.
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