Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Last Stand Ends; Tree-Sitters Surrender

The last remaining protesters living in trees at UC Berkeley descended from their perch Tuesday, ending a 21-month occupation of a campus grove aimed at stopping construction of a new sports center.

"It makes me really sad," she said of the felled trees. "It's just absolutely tragic what's happened."

But Nicholas Silva, a 2004 Berkeley graduate, was not in sympathy with the tree-sitters. "I'm glad it's over. It's been a long time coming," he said. "It should have been over several days after it started."
I guess everyone in Berkley isn't an environmentalist after all. Read the full article at KTVU.

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