I think it's the biggest student movement of the 21st Century in the United States so it's very significant and it's a reflection of how much the war is upsetting students and the idea that the United States should be more cautious with what it does with its military aid," says Professor Robert Cohen.
Never in the history of student protest have protests been suppressed with so little rule-breaking. In other words, the students at Columbia were sitting on a lawn. Students here were sitting on Gould Plaza in front of the business school I mean in the 60's you had to take over a building or something like that," said Cohen.
"For example after the Cambodia invasion and the killing of students at Kent State, there was a national student strike and there were student protests at more than 800 colleges and universities. Here I think we're seeing many dozens, it's hard to know what the total number is," said David Cortright.
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