University of California Berkeley, March 3rd, 2001- 9:20pm 8 protesters who occupied a fourth floor ledge of Wheeler Hall for more than 7 hours, safely exited Wheeler Hall after hours of negotiation with administrators.
The protesters, chained to one another, were protesting budget cuts to the University of California.
The police were alerted when there were 9 students stepped out onto to ledge. They were able to reach one of the students and arrested him.
The University closed the Wheeler Hall; causing 26 classes to be canceled, impacting more than 1,000 students.
The administrators and the students were engaged in a long back and forth negotiation. the final results of the negotiations were that the protesters will receive notifications that their actions may have violated the student code of conduct and if repeated, such behavior will be subject to the conduct process.
Student protesters announced at around 8:30 PM, Thursday when their agreements were met, they decided to come out of th building.
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