Students naked for demonstration

I missed this at the time and I don't know how, because seeing a student naked gladdens my little heart. These pics come from a demonstration earlier this year seeking to address the origins of manufacture of Stanford's clothing. It seems that some of the students quite rightly do not want to be wearing materials sourced from sweat shop labor.

Here's the article from sfgate.com.
"Stanford students hold sit-in at president's office
Diana Walsh and Marisa Lagos, Chronicle Staff Writers

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
(05-22) 13:38 PDT STANFORD UNIVERSITY -- Eleven Stanford University students are staging a sit-in today at the university president's office in an attempt to convince officials that they should not use sweatshop labor to produce Stanford gear, protest organizers said.

The students were joined by about 50 protesters -- a few of whom were naked -- who marched from White Plaza and rallied outside Hennessey's office for about an hour. The naked protesters were a bit shy, and several were covering their private parts.

The students were cheering loudly, chanting ""What do we want to be? Sweat-free!" and carrying signs reading "Make Stanford sweat-free."

The students are members of the Stanford Sweat-free Coalition, organizers said in a press release, and have been meeting for three months with University President John Hennessey and other officials in the hopes of halting the use of sweatshops for producing apparel that features the Stanford University logo.

Sophomore political science major Dan Shih said the 11 protesters walked into Hennessey's office peacefully around 11:30 a.m. and sat down. Two hours later they were still there, reading books and working on laptops, and were expected to stay there until the late afternoon.

"We've had three months of meetings, they have all the info they need, and we want to show the president we care about this issue," he said.

Stanford officials said today that they agreed with the students' point and were working on a plan to ensure Stanford gear is produced in responsible factories. "