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STEVE CHENEVEY (co-host): The main classroom building on the campus of Gallaudet University is now apparently in the hands of students.
GURVIR DHINDSA: (co-host): The students have been frustrated for months now, even walking out of classes yesterday. But this morning they've taken their demonstrations to a new level. Matt Ackland is on campus this morning and he joins us live with the very latest on that. Matt, good morning.
MATT ACKLAND (reporter): Gurvir, good morning. It appears that a number of students have taken over one of the largest classroom buildings here on campus. Take a look over my shoulder. Police here at the university are keeping us off campus right now. Some of the protesters have come out, though, telling us what is going on inside the Hall Memorial Building. They tell us there is no way anyone else is getting inside there this morning.
RYAN COMMERSON (Interpreted by Peter Thomas): We moved the tents closer to the building, in front of the doors, placed all around the building. We have human chains blocking the doors, and we have numbers of students inside the SBG [Student Body Government] office. There's numerous people sleeping on the floors. We are staying and waiting until the world wakes up.
MATT: That "world wakes up" comment has to do with the protesters' fight to stop the new school president, Jane Fernandes, from taking her post in January. Some students have been fighting the Board of Trustees' choice, saying Fernandes is not the right person for the job. [Showing a distant shot of Fowler Hall in the dark:] You're looking live at the university once again. We have been trying to talk with the university spokespeople here. [We're] also trying to get police allow us to get on campus so we can show you pictures from inside the Hall building there. We will continue to try to do that and bring you an update at seven o'clock. Steve, Gurvir now back to you.
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