Ukusukela ngolwesithathu weveki ephelileyo, abafundi beCooper Union, iyunivesithi yabucala esimahla kwisiXeko saseNew York, babambe iofisi kamongameli bekhalazela isibhengezo sokuba isikolo sizakuqala ukubiza imali yokufunda. Njengoko umsebenzi ngoku usiya kwiveki yawo yesibini, makhe ndikhumbule utyelelo lwam lweeyure ezisibhozo ebudeni bosuku lwalo lokuqala olupheleleyo: ngoLwesine, ngoMeyi 9.
Ngaloo ntsasa, abafundi bathatha i-ofisi kaMongameli uJamshed Bharucha befuna ukuba arhoxe ngenxa yesiphakamiso sakhe sokuqalisa imfundo, umgaqo-nkqubo oza kwaphula isiko leminyaka eli-155 lemfundo yasimahla. Kamva ngaloo mini, bonke abalithoba be-faculty yezobugcisa be-Cooper bexesha elizeleyo kunye nabafundi be-200 basayine ingxelo yokungabi nantembelo kuBharucha.
Abalawuli balumkisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo abahlali - ngelo xesha abangaphezu kwe-100 abafundi bobunjineli, bezokwakha, kunye nobugcisa - ukuba banokujamelana nezenzo zoluleko, ezinokubandakanya ukuvinjwa izidanga zabo. Abaphathi baqhubela phambili ukuvala imithombo yamanzi kumgangatho wesixhenxe ngeplywood kwaye bakrazula iingcango zegumbi lokuhlambela. Yathumela oonogada abaxhobileyo kweso sakhiwo. (Abalawuli kamva bathi bebengazi ukuba oonogada bazakuba bexhobile.)
Kanti ungqingo lwakhawuleza lwaphuka. Abalawuli babexelele abafundi ukuba babeza kuvunyelwa ukuba bahambe ngenjikalanga, kodwa, kamva, bawususa umhla obekiweyo waba ngu-6:30. Abafundi bahlala ndawonye, kwaye malunga ne-7:30 uSekela Mongameli u-TC Westcott wangena kwi-ofisi kamongameli kwaye waxoxa ngeendlela kunye nabafundi. Wathi oonogada namapolisa beme phantsi kwaye uBharucha ufuna ukuthetha nabo. Abafundi abaninzi babengamthembi, yaye omnye umntu wamcela ukuba achaze isizathu sokuba abalawuli babatshixele ngaphandle kwamagumbi okuhlambela.
UWestcott waphendula wathi: “Ingqiqo yayikukuba besifuna uhambe. Uthe abaphathi basaqwalasela amanyathelo abo alandelayo.
Kangangeeyure ezimbalwa, abafundi benza iqhinga phezu kwepizza kwinkungu yasemva kokugqibela. UMike D'Ambrose, ongumfundi wobunjineli kwizifundo zobunjineli, wachaza ingqiqo yeli phulo.
“Kuyindlela enye xa uqala ukuhlawula imali yokufunda,” utshilo, ecaphula iDolophu yaseCity College yaseNew York, eyayeka ukuzibophelela kwimfundo yasimahla ngo-1976 yaza ayizange iphinde ijonge ngasemva. UBharucha wenze izihloko zeendaba xa wayebhengeza isicwangciso esitsha seyunivesithi esithi kufuneka kufundiswe i-sliding scale tuition ngokusekelwe kwimfuno, nto leyo ethetha ukuba abanye abafundi baya kuhlawula i-19,000 yeedola ngelixa abanye bezakufumana i-scholarship epheleleyo.
USaar Shemesh, umfundi otshintshela kwelinye ilizwe kwizifundo zobugcisa, uvakalelwa kukuba imfundo iza kutshintsha isimilo seziko lembali: “Ingawonakalisa amandla esiwadalileyo apha.” KuShemesh, kubalulekile ukuba abafundi “bangabi natyala kubazali babo, kwaye bangabi natyala kurhulumente.” Utshintshele eCooper esuka kwiKholeji yaseBrooklyn, kwaye wathi nangona imigca yentlalo noqoqosho isahlula iikhampasi ezininzi, iCooper Union ibalasele ngaphandle.
Malunga nentsimbi ye-9:30, u-Saskia Bos, umphathi we-Cooper Union School of Art, kunye no-Sam Messer, umncedisi we-Yale School of Art, bafika emsebenzini. Usasazo phezu kwe Free Cooper Union live-stream, uMeser wabuza abafundi, “Kodwa kuza kuphela njani oku? UMongameli Bharucha akazukurhoxa kwiveki ezayo. ” UVictoria Sobel, umfundi wezobugcisa kunyaka wakhe omkhulu noye wancedisa ekulungelelaniseni lo msebenzi, waphendula wathi, “Kutheni uqiniseke kangaka nje? Sixelelwe kwiiyure ezimbini ezidlulileyo ukuba siza kugxothwa ngenkani, kwaye siselapha.”
Abafundi babonakale behlukene phakathi ukuba bathethe noMongameli Bharucha, ithuba uBos awayelinika ukuba alilungiselele. UCasey Gollan, umdala wesikolo sobugcisa, wasikhaba eso sicelo - ukuqhwaba ngehlombe kwigumbi - echaza ukuba abafundi baseCooper banokulungiselela ukudibana nomongameli nangaliphi na ixesha njengenxalenye yomgaqo-nkqubo weyunivesithi. Sekunjalo, kwiveki ephelileyo xa uGollan ezama ukulungiselela enye yezi ntlanganiso, uBharucha akazange abonakale. “Kubizwa ngokuba lulawulo lweyunivesithi,” utshilo uGollan. "Kwaye siyibonile indlela engasebenzi ngayo."
Abafundi abaninzi batyhola ukungabikho kukaBharucha ekhampasini ngexesha lobudlelwane - kunye nokuphepha kwakhe abafundi abathile okoko behlala eofisini yakhe ngoDisemba - luphawu lobunkokeli bakhe obungalunganga kunye noloyiko lwakhe lwephulo leManyano ye-Free Cooper. Abafundi bathi ukuba baya kudibana noBharucha ngeli xesha, kuya kuba ngokwemiqathango yabo, kwiofisi yakhe.
Emva kokuba aba befundisi babini bemkile, abafundi baqalisa ukuxoxa ngekamva lomsebenzi. UGollan uvumile ukuba nanjengoko lo msebenzi “uvulekile kwaye umanzi,” abafundi bebenokuza bephuma kumgangatho wesixhenxe weCooper Union ngokuthanda kwabo, nto leyo eyenza ukuba inkqubo yokuthatha izigqibo ngokwemvumelwano ibenzima. Nangona kunjalo yenza ukuba umsebenzi uzinze ngakumbi kunoninzi - ivumela abafundi ukuba baye eklasini, batye, bahlambe kwaye babuyele kwi-ofisi kamongameli. Kwakhona kwathetha ukuba abantu abaninzi ngakumbi nangakumbi kuluntu olubanzi lwe-Cooper Union banokubandakanyeka - bejikeleza iofisi kwaye basayine ingxelo yokungabi nantembelo - ngaphandle kokoyika impindezelo okanye ukuvalelwa ebusuku.
Ngokutsho kwabafundi, ukuba ingxelo yokungathembeki yayiza kufumana iisignesha ezaneleyo ezivela kwi-faculty ye-architecture kunye nezikolo zobunjineli, iya kuqalisa inkqubo yomthetho apho ibhodi ye-regents yayiza kuphanda ukuziphatha kwebhodi yetrasti, ezimisele umgaqo-nkqubo wezifundo kunye noMongameli Bharucha oqeshwe. Kuyakuthatha ixesha ukuba abaphathi besikolo benze utshintsho olukhulu kangako, kodwa oku kunokwenzeka kulibaziseka akuzange kubathintele abafundi kwintlanganiso yabo yasezinzulwini zobusuku ngoLwesine. Ngapha koko, babenegqwetha, ukutya kwasimahla kunye nomnye. Xa umntu ebuza ukuba kuya kwenzeka ntoni ukuba umsebenzi uya kuthweswa isidanga, i-grins kunye namanqindi aphakanyisiweyo azalisa igumbi-elandelwa kukuhleka okumbalwa okungakhululekanga.
Njengoko intlanganiso yayivala ngentsimbi yoku-1:00 kusasa, omnye umfundi wacima u-“2” ebhodini ecaleni kwe-“Days of Cooper Union Occupation,” waza wazoba unobumba othi “3.”
Ekupheleni kohambo lwam olumalunga neeyure ezisibhozo ukuya kumgangatho wesixhenxe, ndangena kwiofisi kaMongameli Bharucha okokugqibela. Yayigqunywe nge-maroon enzulu ephuma kumqolo wezibane zeqonga zokuma ezilungiswe ngezihluzi ezibomvu. Abafundi bebexoxa ngeeplani zeeprojekthi zabo zokugqibela, begxalathelana ngeengxowa zeprotheyini ezinikezelweyo kunye nokutya kwamaIndiya, kwaye besakha iindawo zokulala ezidityanisiweyo ngeengqumba zengubo nemiqamelo.
Yayiyindawo eqhelekileyo yesikolo sobugcisa - ngaphandle kokuba yayikwiofisi kamongameli.
NgoMvulo abafundi badibana noMongameli Bharucha, owavuma kwingxoxo ukuba aphakamise ezi zicelo zilandelayo kunye nebhodi yabaphathiswa: ukulungiselela intlanganiso phakathi kwebhodi yabaphathiswa kunye nabameli be-15 abafundi, ukongeza umfundi onamalungelo okuvota kwibhodi ye-trasti. abaphathiswa kunye nokubonelela ngemizuzu yoluntu kuzo zonke iintlanganiso zebhodi. Ngelixa imfutshane ekugcineni iCooper Union isimahla, ezi nzuzo zinokutshintsha indlela esilawulwa ngayo isikolo ngeendlela ezibalulekileyo kwixesha elizayo.
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