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Video: Delivering Pizza To Cooper Union Occupiers Via Balloons And Pulleys
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John Del Signore
Published Dec 7, 2012
Modified Dec 7, 2012
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On Monday, 11 Cooper Union students protesting the school's decision to start charging tuition for graduate students barricaded themselves tightly inside the Peter Cooper Suite on the eighth floor of the historic Foundation Building. They say they're determined to stay until the school reaffirms its longstanding commitment to free eduction, which could be a while—on Wednesday the Board of Trustees voted unanimously to support Cooper Union President Jamshed Bharucha's plans to charge tuition. But fortunately for the protesters, they've got ingenious help on the outside.
This video, taken on Tuesday, shows how some supporters are getting supplies to the occupiers. The Bruce High Quality Foundation, a group consisting of Cooper alums, bought pizza from Two Boots and, using a combination of pulleys, balloons, and counterweights, successfully delivered it without completely messing up the toppings. Mmmm, solidarity:
Cooper Union students deliver a pizza from Rob Singleton on Vimeo.
[The Local East Village/Huffington Post]
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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