Students and faculty at the University of the Arts say the fight is not over. Two rallies were held Friday in protest of the sudden closure of the school and those rallies were full of passion and tears over the ending of a 150-year institution and an end students and staff say they didn’t see coming.The American Federation of Teachers and the United Academics of Philadelphia led a rally on the steps of UArts Friday afternoon, in front of Hamilton Hall.
Students are still unsure of their future and disappointed by what they say has been vague communication from university officials.Students Brenna Patzer spoke passionately regarding the shock of the school’s decision, "May those responsible for ripping so many futures away never know the gift of a clean conscious. The damage they have perpetuated and the ruin they leave will have an overwhelmingly and movable permanence never to be washed away.
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