The protest consists of ceremonies and a vigil, and offers speakers and performers from Catholic clergy to folksingers to Native American dancers. Glen Kuecker, coordinator of the conflict studies program at DePauw and a principal participant in the protest, said experience is a very important part of participating in the movement. People learn more when they have moments of praxis, when theory and practice converge. These moments happen more in the real world. Next semester they plan to begin a political campaign that includes petitioning and letter writing.
Participants are optimistic about the likelihood of success in closing the school.
We plan to do a letter writing campaign targeting key congressmen and senators, and to continue with public discourse on campus. The real work starts when we get back to campus.