Three members of MSU Greenpeace were arrested by MSU police for trespassing in MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon’s office in the Administration Building this afternoon.
Social science and international studies sophomore Peter Rustad, linguistics and philosophy sophomore Adam Liter, and zoology junior Kendra Majewski were arrested after waiting with four other MSU Greenpeace students at Simon’s office, requesting to meet with her to address their concerns about the coal plant located on campus.
Interim Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Services Denise Maybank offered to meet with the students to discuss their concerns, but the students said they wanted to stay in Simon’s office.
At 5 p.m., the students were asked to leave the office, but three of the students refused and were arrested.
Simon was unable to meet with the students today because she was in a MSU Board of Trustees administrative meeting, University Relations spokesman Kent Cassella said.
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