Margaret Spellings in visiting the UNC campus on Tuesday.
Not surprisingly, student protesters were well aware of the visit and were there to greet Spellings as she entered Gerrard Hall to have lunch with select members of the student body. UNC director of media relations Jim Gregory says Student Body President Houston Summers and vice chancellor for student affairs Winston Crisp “put together the invitee list from a diverse representation of student organizations.”
Margaret Spellings walking with a group of UNC students around Gerrard Hall. Protesters set up on opposite side. pic.twitter.com/lE1LhhnrIW
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A group of protesters, fluctuating in size from a handful to about a dozen, stood holding signs outside of the building. The size of the protest was smaller than other recent organized efforts, but the message remained the same.
Protesters shouted, “Go Home Marge” and “Come Outside” as Spellings was meeting with students and then faculty on the UNC campus.
Protesters chanting "Go Home Marge" as faculty goes in for lunch with Margaret Spellings. pic.twitter.com/ERjovKiltm
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Spellings did not come face-to-face with the protesters when she was entering the building.
Spellings is scheduled to make other stops during her visit to the campus, meeting with more students on Tuesday afternoon and meeting with 2015 Nobel Prize winner Aziz Sancar on Wednesday morning.
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