Students call for women's center
By Christine Des Garennes
Thursday April 24, 2008
Heather Coit
Advocates for a women's center, including from left, Amy Kunkel, UI graduate student, Alex Orozco, senior, Meta Partenheimer, freshman, Lisa Bertagnoli, senior and Nick Quealy-Gainer, far right, graduate, stage a sit-in in front of Swanlund Administration Building. Supporters set up areas of a proposed center, which included a kitchen, lounge and conference/classroom.
CHAMPAIGN – With the help of a table, a microwave and a few books, the entrance to a University of Illinois administration building was transformed temporarily into a women's center on Wednesday.
Male and female students rallied outside the Swanlund Building, home to the offices of several university administrators, to call attention to the need for a place that could house offices, resources and programming about gender issues.
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