The students occupying a building at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have made it through their first night, and they’ve released a list of demands:
Because we are residents of Minnesota, and because this is a public, land-grant university,
We demand the right to peacefully occupy space at our university,
We demand that the general public has reasonable access to university resources;
We demand that the university respect the rights of all workers to organize and to earn at least a living wage;
We demand tuition and fee reductions;
We demand that regents be democratically elected by the university community;
We demand that the university treat student groups fairly and equitably with respect to funding and space. We demand student groups on the 2nd floor of Coffman Union be able to keep their spaces.
In doing so, we stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin, and students and workers worldwide.
More soon…
studentactivism.net 
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March 29, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Jay
Solidarity from the University of Sussex in Brighton, UK!
April 4, 2011 at 8:31 am
MM McGee
I demand that graduate students work am actual part time job if they want a living wage. I humbly submit that $17 an hour is a living wage, as is getting paid 20 hours a week for 10 hours of labor.
I humbly suggest that graduate students learn to understand that we’re some of the most privileged people in the world.
I also demand that grad students who feel overworked learn to work more efficiently manage their time better.
I also demand that grad students who object to paying student services fees for services that only undergraduates use also protest other forms of taxes and join tea parties.