(un)Occupy’s notable events

Oct. 31 — UNM grants temporary permit allowing protesters to occupy Yale Park from 5 — 10 p.m. on weekdays. The permit expires Friday. View original article

Oct. 29 — Protesters hold a “March for the death of First Amendment rights.” View original article

Oct. 27 — UNM Police Department closes Yale Park to protesters and the public, forcing protesters to hold their general assembly meeting across Central Avenue outside Schlotsky’s restaurant.
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Oct. 26 — Nearly 30 protesters converge on UNM President David Schmidly’s office, demanding to meet with the president after University administration said it wouldn’t renew the protesters’ permit to occupy Yale Park. After meeting with the protesters, Schmidly upholds the decision not to renew the permit.

At least 40 protesters are arrested on Yale Park after UNM administrators refused to renew their permit for the park.
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Oct. 22 — A transient woman dies near the protesters’ camp.
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Oct. 21 — Miguel Aguirre is arrested after threatening protesters with a knife.
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Oct. 16 — Protesters change their name from Occupy Albuquerque to (un)Occupy Albuquerque due to the negative connotations they say the word occupy implies.

Oct. 15 — Nearly 500 protesters march and demonstrate along Central.

Oct. 10 — UNM’s Peace Studies department, in conjunction with protesters, holds the first of their weeklong teach-in sessions in the SUB, hoping to educate students on the Occupy Albuquerque movement.

Oct. 9 — Police remove protesters from Yale Park. Some protesters sleep at the Peace and Justice Center while others stay on the sidewalk next to Central, keeping watch over belongings left at the campsite.
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Oct. 8 — Protesters enter businesses along Central Avenue. One, Hani Barghout, is arrested on charges of battery, disorderly conduct and criminal trespassing.

Oct. 7 — Protesters move their camp from Central Avenue and University Boulevard to Yale Park at UNM administration’s request.
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Oct. 1 — The movement begins in Albuquerque. Then Occupy Albuquerque protesters march along Central Avenue in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. Some protesters set up camp on UNM’s main campus on the corner of Central and University Boulevard.
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