{"id":1709251,"date":"2022-10-24T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709251"},"modified":"2022-10-24T14:18:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T18:18:59","slug":"crowds-cheer-as-student-climate-protesters-storm-upenn-football-field-delay-homecoming-game-for-over-an-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crowds-cheer-as-student-climate-protesters-storm-upenn-football-field-delay-homecoming-game-for-over-an-hour\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowds Cheer As Student Climate Protesters Storm UPenn Football Field, Delay Homecoming Game For Over An Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcrowds-cheer-as-student-climate-protesters-storm-upenn-football-field-delay-homecoming-game-for-over-an-hour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1709251&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Student <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/climate-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">climate<\/a> protesters at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/university-of-pennsylvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Pennsylvania<\/a> disrupted the school\u2019s homecoming football game for over an hour on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 60 students rushed the field during halftime as the Quakers took on Yale University\u2019s Bulldogs and were supported with cheers by many attendees, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedp.com\/article\/2022\/10\/protest-homecoming-football-game-fossil-free-penn-franklin-field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from The Daily Pennsylvanian student newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>Nineteen individuals associated with student activist group Fossil Free Penn were later escorted off the field and detained by university police after refusing to exit.<\/p>\n<p>The student-activists held bright orange banners with slogans such as \u201cDivest,\u201d marking a call for the school to end investments in fossil fuel ventures, as well as \u201cSave the UC Townhomes.\u201d During the university\u2019s fall convocation, more than 100 protesters disrupted incoming Penn President Liz Magill\u2019s comments about the diversity of the incoming cohort to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/university-of-pennsylvania-convocation-grinds-to-a-halt-as-demonstrators-students-protest-penn-trification\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rebuke the closure<\/a> of 70 nearby affordable housing units.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intentional disruption of today\u2019s football game was neither an appropriate expression of free speech, nor consistent with Penn\u2019s open expression guidelines,\u201d university spokesperson Ron Ozio told The Daily Pennsylvanian. A statement from Penn Athletics likewise said that the students\u2019 conduct \u201cdoes nothing to advance their legitimate policy concerns, concerns the university shares, but rather impinges upon the rights of others in the community to participate in the life of the campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Penn students rush the field nearing the end of halftime of a Penn-Yale football game, protesting climate and community justice from Penn\u2019s administration. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LiPkDmC5VO\">pic.twitter.com\/LiPkDmC5VO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bella DiAmore (@belladiamore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/belladiamore\/status\/1583897573177556992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CkEXDR6JHpu\/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">message<\/a> posted to social media, Fossil Free Penn noted that its \u201cescalation\u201d was necessary because Penn has not met their requests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was only in this highly visible forum that we were able to get national press that is needed to push Penn to meet our demands,\u201d the group said, adding that the Ivy League school must \u201ctake action\u201d if administrators want \u201cprotests to end.\u201d Otherwise, the school can \u201cexpect resistance\u201d from the group, which recently established tents in the center of campus for more than one month.<\/p>\n<p>The disruption of the homecoming game follows multiple climate protests in Europe. A pair of vandals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threw tomato soup<\/a> on Vincent van Gogh\u2019s iconic \u201cSunflowers\u201d painting, valued at nearly $85 million, at an art museum in London before gluing their hands to the nearby wall. Another group of environmental protesters likewise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/environmental-protesters-glue-themselves-to-floor-they-complain-they-cant-poop-conservatives-roar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glued themselves<\/a> to the floor at a Porsche facility in Germany before complaining that they were not provided bowls into which they could defecate.<\/p>\n<p>As shown in footage from the Philadelphia Inquirer, most of the students left the field to avoid arrest, while the remainder were escorted from the stadium handcuffed in zip ties. Some in the crowd cheered as the students exited the area.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dozens of student protesters representing the Fossil Free Penn organization flooded the field during Penn\u2019s homecoming game against Yale Saturday at Franklin Field.<\/p>\n<p>The group planned the action after an ongoing fight with Penn over climate issues and community justice. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uojDaZMB0z\">pic.twitter.com\/uojDaZMB0z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Philadelphia Inquirer (@PhillyInquirer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyInquirer\/status\/1583984440396521472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Sterinbach, a student involved in the protest, told the outlet that disrupting the game was among the most important moments of her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe felt like this escalation was necessary,\u201d she recounted. \u201cWe know Penn can be a force of good for the community, and there\u2019s a lot of alumni at this game, and we want to show the people in power that we aren\u2019t stopping until they are a force of change and a force of good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The protest came days after Harvard Management Company announced that the school\u2019s endowment <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvard-university-endowment-loses-2-3-billion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shrank<\/a> $2.3 billion in the past fiscal year, specifically mentioning that fossil fuel divestment \u201cweighed upon performance.\u201d At the end of last year, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/harvards-endowment-suffers-through-woke-investing-while-the-university-of-texas-drills-oil-and-rakes-it-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that the university would allow remaining investments in the fossil fuel industry to expire while refusing to adopt new ones after <a href=\"https:\/\/divestharvard.medium.com\/tireless-organizing-yields-harvard-divestment-victory-b68f43b271a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaigns<\/a> from student activists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student climate protesters at the University of Pennsylvania disrupted the school\u2019s homecoming football game for over an hour on Saturday. 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