In part, Cave said, that was because the students weren't able to keep up enough pressure on the administration to ensure follow-through. Instead, they quickly became burned-out and frustrated by the bureaucracy of task forces and committees that seemed to make any real progress impossible. The protesters vow that this time will be different. The student and administrative negotiators already have met once since the takeover, and a second meeting is planned after spring break. A subcommittee of the Faculty Senate will oversee the negotiations and monitor the progress of the agreement.
Major changes are unlikely in the near future.
The student negotiators now are considering asking for an independent auditor to do a student census. In the heady days after the takeover ended, students were talking of a revolution building on campus, of a new era of cooperation among previously fractured student groups. While the 1992 protest was much more racially polarized, made up mostly of students of color and focusing mainly on racial issues, many of the goals of the recent protest addressed financial challenges faced by all students. And that, she hopes, will mean that a larger group of students will help keep the pressure on to achieve the protesters' goals, and even to take on other problems that weren't mentioned in the demands. Students are ready to see action.