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Divest UMass seeks Meehan commitment

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 20, 2016

Tents are set up at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the “sit-out” of an ongoing protest by Divest UMass in its fight to push the university foundation to give up its investments in fossil fuel industries.

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UMass fossil fuel demonstrators take new approach

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 19, 2016

UMass senior Danielle DaGraca, 18, of Marshfield, center, joins other Divest UMass supporters in a sit in April 13 in the Whitmore Administration Building on campus to demand that UMass officials commit to divest from the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel companies. SARAH CROSBY/Daily Hampshire Gazette

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New arrests total 19 Wednesday night as Divest UMass protest continues

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 17, 2016

MARTIN MEEHAN

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Campus protests continue for 5th day

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 16, 2016

Divest UMass supporters rally outside of the Whitmore Administration Building on campus Thursday to demand that UMass officials divest from the top 200 publicly-traded fossil fuel companies. From left are UMass students Hayley Benoit, 22, Hannah Youssef, 20, Hannah Heiser, 22, and Devon King, 20.

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No more arrests in Divest UMass protest

by Michael Majchrowicz Staff Writers, and Stephanie Murray Staff WritersApril 14, 2016

Police lead a protester in handcuffs from the Whitmore Administration Building at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Tuesday night. Police arrested 15 protesters occupying the chancellor’s office in the building calling for divestment from fossil fuels.

UMass divestment battle sparks CAMPUS arrests

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 14, 2016April 14, 2016

About 100 people gathered outside the Whitmore Administration Building at the Unviersity of Massachusetts Amherst Tuesday night as police arrested 15 protesters inside the building. The protesters were supporting divestment from fossil fuels.

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UMass arrests 15 divestment protesters

by Stephanie Murray For the GazetteApril 13, 2016

Tashi Palyang, 35, of Belchertown held her two-year-old son Tenzin Chodhen as the First Churches bells rang overhead, honoring those who self-immolated to protest Chinese rule in Tibet.

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Northampton prays and fasts to mark the 1959 Tibetan Uprising

by Stephanie McFeeters Gazette Staff, and Stephanie Murray Gazette StaffMarch 11, 2016