Occupy Philly By: Manuel A

Bucks County Community College The week of November 1, 2011 Bucks-news.com Volume: 48 Issue: 5 Bucks students occupy Philly By: Manuel a. RodRiguez “I’ve worked in retail for a Centurion Staff year and a half and still earned minimum wage yet I made an We are amidst a revolution. estimated average of $300 a Inspired by the Egypt and day for the company and all Tunisia uprising, the occupy they ever had to say was movement has roared across ‘make more’ to me. That’s a the nation, picking up support problem!” as well as backlash, and it’s “People that are on Wall happening in our own back- Street and people that are in yard. government are refusing to Students Dalton Schwartz, acknowledge their responsi- 18, a liberal arts major, as well bility in what caused all of Protesters march to Senator Pat Toomey's office on JFK Boulevard. PhoTo by ChrISToPhEr WIrTh as Marissa both, 20, a fine this,” says Schwartz. arts major, have participated “Anyone against the protest States and has been for more lethal weapon used by the is to expose how corporate in the occupy Philly move- needs to listen and see what is than 10 years now. police,” explains Schwartz greed is affecting the demo- ment since it began on oct. 9. really going on. Explore the Much of this discontent both and Schwartz cratic system. Schwartz and both showed movement firsthand and comes in the wake of the expressed their support for the When asked for a possible a solid understanding of the understand it before making multi-billion dollar bank protests. Schwartz says that solution, Schwartz replied that movement and the direction in assumptions based on what bailout in 2008 to relieve despite how big the opposition “whether it’s releasing the which they believe that the the mainstream media has to banks of their debts, the clos- is, “I agree with every aspect restrictions on capitalism to country is heading. say,” explains Schwartz. “Not ing of mom and pop shops to this movement has to offer. I have a true capitalistic society “I’ve never been a super that what they, the mainstream be replaced by larger, corpo- do this for the 9.1 percent of or perhaps building a social political person but I knew I media, say matters anyway rate owned super-stores, and people who can’t find work, floor and using a little bit of had to see what was going because they are controlled by the rising number or college or the thousands of people liv- what socialism has to offer or on,” says both. “It turned out the 1 percent.” graduates on the unemploy- ing on the streets, or the 99 declaring a better educational to be much more than what I Schwartz adds that “As this ment line. percent of us who are heading system or pulling troops out of expected. It was a real eye 1 percent of our population Pennsylvania’s unemploy- down that path, whether we other countries, something opener.” becomes richer, the other 99 ment rate was 8.3 percent in know it or not.” needs to change and only we “This didn’t come from percent of us are growing September, according to the The protests stem from Wall can do it!” nowhere. People didn’t just poorer and victims to debt.” United States Department of Street and has branched out Schwartz said that he is cur- decide to get up and be angry The country has seen a Labor. into oakland, Philadelphia, rently preparing to go back to about nothing. People are squeezing of the middle class “here in Philly, we had 12 Atlanta, Detroit, richmond, City hall for occupy Philly. seriously concerned about the over the past decade. protesters arrested for camp- and baltimore, to name a few direction that our democracy This 1 percent is being men- ing on the streets and an Iraq of the 100-plus cities. The is going,” says Schwartz. tioned a lot across the United war vet was injured by a non- aim for the occupy movement alSo inSide neWS neWS enTeRTainMenT SPoRTS Homeless awareness an inside look of Pop Punk’s not dead Womens basketball A complete photo spread of stu- occupy Philly Tour preview dents camping out for homeless Christopher Wirth takes an in- Steve Wermuth explores the genre Chris Apple interviews Justin awareness. depth look at the protesting in and attends the tour which burroughs about the upcoming ▷2 Center City. ▷4 stopped in Philly. ▷8 womens basketball season. ▷12 Bucks-news.com [email protected] | our pictures: flickr.com/buckscenturion Weather on back page 2 neWS Bucks-news.com The week of November 1, 2011 Bucks students raise awareness of the homeless community Bucks students recently camped outside of Rollins in homemade boxes to raise awareness of the rising number of homeless individuals Bucks students made cardboard structures to serve as temporary homes. 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Get in touch with the Office of Transfer Admission: P 4 NeWs Bucks-news.com The week of November 1, 2011 occupy philly: an inside look By: Christopher Wirth that said police. the majority ous amount of D-sLr’s and Centurion Staff of uniformed police officers news cams. there’s something surreal kept watch on the north-east- A bullhorn was passed about lying in a camping tent ern, east, and south-eastern around to start chants. and feeling the rumble of the sides of City hall. some offi- “tell me what democracy Market-Frankford subway cers had begun to block off looks like!” the bull horn shake the concrete beneath traffic on Fifteenth street. screeched. you, as a homeless man – the crowd of protesters at “this is what democracy either drunk, high, mentally ill, Market street was preparing to looks like!” the crowd replied, or a combination of the three – march. someone in the crowd their voices echoed off the con- yells at himself at 2 in the was yelling – crete walls of staples and Del morning. “Mic check!” Frisco’s. A colony of tents, wooden “Mic check!” the crowd turning right onto Walnut structures and hammocks now responded. street, the march funneled occupied the Dilworth Plaza at “if you are arrested” the man between the storefronts of the City hall in Philadelphia. said. Gap and Diesel and a PNC Angered by corporate greed “if you are arrested” the bank. they came to a rest in and their implied power over crowd yelled back. front of the Apple store. A political structures, members this method of echoing was group of employees in blue of the 99 percent have taken to known as the people’s mic – an polo’s were standing outside the streets of New york, easy solution to a fundamental taking pictures and videos with Atlanta, Washington D.C., problem when dealing with a their iPhones. the bull horn boston and across the nation to large group. in order to make was handed to a girl in a black make themselves seen by the sure that everyone hears what bandana. world. is being said, a person will “Mic check!” she yelled. on day nine of the occupy speak three to four words at a she told the crowd that the Philly demonstration i arrived time and then everyone within Apple store has many “nice” A masked demonstrator during a march Photo by ChristoPher Wirth at 4 p.m., right before the earshot, repeats it back in uni- products, but that the people on Saturday.

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