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"A rally on the university campus drew participants from 40 area high schools, organizers said. In Minneapolis, about 1,800 of the 10,600 students enrolled at seven public high schools were absent, a district spokeswoman said..." "After the rally, an overflow crowd gathered for an antiwar teach-in held at the Willey Hall auditorium, capacity 1,200. Later in the afternoon, students planned to march to another rally at the Federal Building in downtown Minneapolis." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------- http://www.startribune.com/stories/1762/3770329.html "The march, four city blocks long, might have swelled to 5,000 people at one point, said police Inspector Rob Allen." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------- The noon rally of high school students filled Northrup Plaza on the north end of the Mall at the East Bank, Mpls U of MN campus. My guess is that there were at least 2000 high school students there, and maybe a few hundred older people. Four pro-war counter-protesters assembled just off of Northrup Plaza by noon and may have been joined by a few others in a tiny counter-demonstration during the rally. My guess is that, at its peak, at least 10,000 participated in the march from the Federal building to Loring Park and back on Thursday evening. Where marchers filled the street and spilled onto the sidewalks over a distance of more than 500 meters (4 city blocks) there were probably about 20 or so protesters per meter. Is it just a coincidence that the war began during spring break for most college campuses? -Doug Mann TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
