Student protesters face charges of disorderly conduct
Published: Mon, Aug. 18, 2008 12:35PM
Modified Mon, Aug. 18, 2008 12:36PM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- Five UNC-Chapel Hill students will face trial at 2 p.m. today on charges of disorderly conduct during a protest at the chancellor's office.
Students occupied the lobby of South Building for more than two weeks in April and May in protest of the university's refusal to join a program they said would improve wages and conditions for workers who make clothing with the UNC logo.
Linda Gomaa, now a senior, was handcuffed and placed in the front passenger seat of a campus patrol car. Four other students were also handcuffed and escorted out of the building into a white police van.
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One student, Sarah Hirsch, refused to walk out of Moeser's office and was lifted by her elbows into the lobby.
Salma Mirza, a 2008 alumna, refused to get up from a chair and was wheeled out of the building. At the steps, she stood and walked to the van.
Also facing charges are Thomas Robert Mattera and Tim Stallmann.
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