Iraq war protest held on campus
By Paul Wood
Friday March 14, 2008
Heather Coit/The News-Gazette
Erik McDuffie, center left, a University of Illinois faculty member, spends a die-in talking with Brian Dolinar, foreground, a member of CU Citizens for Peace and Justice, as they join others in protesting the continued war in Iraq on the UI Quad in Urbana on Thursday. Protest organizers ended the the almost two-hour rally by using chalk to trace participants during the die-in to provide a lasting impression.
URBANA – Local anti-war activists marked America's fifth year in Iraq on Thursday with speeches on the Quad, a march through Campustown and a "die-in."
About 35 marchers gathered on Anniversary Plaza south of the Illini Union just before noon, strode past the Alma Mater to Green Street, turned west to Fifth Street and came back on John, then took a turn around the University of Illinois quadrangle.
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