Students across America protest debt in Million Student March

Over one hundred campuses across the United States are participating in a march against student debt and for free public college.

13 November 2015
01:38 GMT
Protesters at the University of Washington block a traffic intersection.
#BlackLivesMatter protest blocking intersection at 45th and 15th @UW, all buses, traffic stopped. pic.twitter.com/aQryaQ3yk3
— final girl (@seaforanswers) November 13, 2015
00:10 GMT
Students marching through New York City.
#NYC: #MillionStudentMarch marching now again! pic.twitter.com/BdheEQeZ9Q
— Ash J (@AshAgony) November 12, 2015
#NYC: #MillionStudentMarch back at Hunter University giving speeches! #Education pic.twitter.com/vNzgX2tVQC
— Ash J (@AshAgony) November 12, 2015
12 November 2015
23:42 GMT
At Loyola University in Chicago, students stood in solidarity with Mizzou.
#fromluc2mizzou Loyola stands in solidarity with you. #BlackOnCampus #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/fMtCpxZw8s
— AD (@HEIRESS_dae) November 12, 2015
CLENCHED FISTS: @LoyolaChicago students stand #InSolidarityWithMizzou & say there are problems at their campus too. pic.twitter.com/n2U1CppQWh
— Stacey Baca (@StaceyBacaABC7) November 12, 2015
23:31 GMT
Demonstrators in Philadelphia say they support students in Missouri.
Hey #Mizzou we got your back #MillionStudentMarch #Philly pic.twitter.com/TjW6b2u8GQ
— alice hakvaag (@hawkvawg) November 12, 2015
22:48 GMT
"Tax the Rich!" #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/PdRbVFIVu7
— Maya Eliahou (@MayaEliahou) November 12, 2015
22:31 GMT
In New York, union-member faculty came out to support students at Brooklyn College.
Members of @PSC_CUNY show up to support #MillionStudentMarch at Brooklyn College. pic.twitter.com/T5vq6CSLp8
— Brooklyn College PSC (@psccunybc) November 12, 2015
22:31 GMT
At Texas State University, students insisted that they wanted a response from faculty and their administration regarding their demands.
“We want tuition free institutions, a cancellation of the 1.2 trillion dollars that 40 million students hold as far as student debt goes, and we want $15 wages for student workers," Texas State University March organizer and President of Socialist Alternative Rudy Martinez told KTSW.
22:24 GMT
The National Nurses United union is also at UC Berkeley to demonstrate against student debt.
RN Katy Roemer: We are here to protest the massive student debt happening all over the country. #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/nHRDWTLQbZ
— NationalNursesUnited (@NationalNurses) November 12, 2015
22:23 GMT
The scene at the University of California, Berkeley.
.@UCBerkeley students at the #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/cOPCo1hP71
— Sophie Ho (@sophanho) November 12, 2015
21:03 GMT
The Cornell University chapter of Black Students United called for the cancellation of a campus protest that is meant to show solidarity with the protests at the University of Missouri, citing the lack of "people of color" involved.
"In the future, please ask how you can support us before organizing on your own. With that in mind, we would appreciate the cancellation of this event," the groups Facebook post reads.

12 November 2015
17:47 GMT
Students at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can can be seen demonstrating, with some occupying the Student Union building.
#MillionStudentMarch RAIN CAN'T STOP THE REVOLUTION! pic.twitter.com/XQMfd9iFc9
— CEPA (@cepa_umass) November 12, 2015
18:34 GMT
The student reporter who filmed Missouri Assistant Professor Melissa Click’s call for "muscle" to forcefully eject members of the press from the campus’ protest site filed a complaint against her, according to KDSK.
"We are looking into this and following up," police department spokesman Brian Weimar said.
As I said before, this is a pretty clear case of simple assault. https://t.co/Q3iLfZEpdr
— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) November 12, 2015
18:53 GMT
Payton Head, president of the University of Missouri student government, apologized on Facebook for spreading false rumors about the Ku Klux Klan being on campus during the school's protests.
Head, who is black, warned in a later-deleted tweet for students to “stay away from windows in residence halls,” because the “KKK has been confirmed to be sighted on campus.”
18:53 GMT
Students at Texas State University marched and chanting, "education is a right!"
#TXST students gather to march for free education #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/PCqBmQLlyg
— KTSW San Marcos (@KTSW_899) November 12, 2015
20:24 GMT
In addition to other demands, students at Temple University in Philadelphia called for a $15 an hour campus minimum wage.
"if @TempleUniv can afford $100m stadium they can pay adjuncts and all campus worked $15/hr" #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/XrbTT281SL
— 15 Now Philly (@15nowPhilly) November 12, 2015
huge turnout at Temple for the #MillionStudentMarch @15NowTempleU pic.twitter.com/XOcKJ0Jg0I
— Weird Guy From FB (@ItsJ_Money) November 12, 2015
20:28 GMT
As of 3:25 p.m. EST, they had the #MillionStudentMarch trending for two hours.
20:40 GMT
University of California students at the Davis, Riverside and Santa Barbara campuses could be seen gathering for the nationwide protest.
"Holler back, I got your back!" @UCDavis students March in solidarity w @Mizzou for #MillionStudentMarch. @fox40 pic.twitter.com/dvN8HJmuit
— Marin Austin (@marinaustin) November 12, 2015
"I believe that we will win." #MillionStudentMarch pic.twitter.com/ij9Dt4SWOI
— The Bottom Line UCSB (@tblucsb) November 12, 2015
#MillionStudentMarch at UCR pic.twitter.com/Om30Ip1WND
— でじことdex digital (@dexdigi) November 12, 2015
20:47 GMT
Many on social media criticize the movement for having an entitled demeanor and solutions that rely on wasteful government spending.
#MillionStudentMarch 1980: Higher Ed is too expensive. Solution: subsidize it. 2015: Higher Ed even more expensive. Solution: repeat 1980
— Charlie #MaoZoo (@SemperBanU) November 12, 2015
I worked to put myself through college. I took on $50K for my law degree. I made that choice. I'll pay it back. #MillionStudentMarch
— Emily Zanotti (@emzanotti) November 12, 2015
Remember when U.S. students protested against real things & faced down troops? Now they're whining about "safe spaces". #MillionStudentMarch
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) November 12, 2015
21:02 GMT
Donald Trump weighed in on the protests at the University of Missouri, calling the protests "disgusting" and characterizing the two university leaders who resigned as "weak" and "ineffective."
"Trump should have been the chancellor of that university. Believe me, there would have been no resignation," he told Fox Business Network. "Their demands are crazy."
21:03 GMT
The Cornell University chapter of Black Students United called for the cancellation of a campus protest that is meant to show solidarity with the protests at the University of Missouri, citing the lack of "people of color" involved.
"In the future, please ask how you can support us before organizing on your own. With that in mind, we would appreciate the cancellation of this event," the groups Facebook post reads.