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USF students demand no more tuition hikes, they sit in for the 4th Friday in a row listen

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Tags: USF, tuition, budget cuts, education, Indiana University, strike, Judy Genshaft, SDS

Some USF students have been staging sit-ins at the University of South Florida in Tampa for four Fridays in a row. Even though the group today was small, they were still demanding that the USF president start working with them to meet their list of demands.

The group piles into the Patel Center lobby every Friday at lunchtime. They stay until the building is about to close and the last employees are going home. But Students like Matthew Hastings most want to talk to is president Judy Ge...

Interview with student sitting in at USF Tampa listen

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Tags: USF, SDS, students, tuition

Friday on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida several students held what they’re calling a weekly occupation of the Patel Center.

That building houses the offices of university president Judy Genshaft and other administrators.

We spoke live on the phone by Danielle Leppo with Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society.

The Young Invicibles engage with USF students about student debt, health care and employment listen

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Tags: Young Invincibles, USF, tuition, college debt, Matthew Lawrence

In the U.S. student debt now exceeds credit card debt. A group called the Young Invincibles are traveling the nation to capture the voices of these students. They made a stop at the University of South Florida Tuesday morning.

Young America is … you fill in the blank. That’s what members of the Young Invincibles asked students to do at USF. The group of young professionals and volunteers are on a national bus t...

Interviews with the Socialist Equality Party Candidate for President and The Young Invincibles

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Tags: Socialist Equality Party, Jerry White, Young Invincibles, Amy Lynn, Matthew Lawrence, tuition, collge debt

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll talk with the Presidential candidate for the Socialist Equality Party…..

And later we’ll talk with organizers of a movement of young people about the issues of the high cost of college, health care and employment…………

Our first guest is Jerry White, he’s 52 years old; born in New York City ; He’s worked at UPS and he’s attended the City University of New York…..He’s now running for president on the [Socialis...