Spring'17 issue 02

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Men and women from across the country travelled to Washington D.C. Saturday to protest for womens’ equality.

Women’s March on Washington The evening after the inauguration the streets of Washington DC were alive with the cheers of Trump supporters. They roamed the dusk streets, traveling in small packs and waving American flags. The morning after the election, the streets were no less electric. Beneath the grey sky, one united army of more than a million pink-clad demonstrators shut the city down. Men, women and children marched together waving signs in protest of the Trump administration in what is being

called DC’s largest protest to date. Many traveled from across the country just to attend the several hour-long walk across the city; myself included. I didn’t drive to protest out of a righteous passion; I drove the 382 miles out of an innate curiosity to see the aftermath of the inauguration. The Women’s March on Washington came from a Facebook event that went viral after the results of the election were released. It began at 10 a.m. at the intersection of Independence

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Avenue and Third Street SW, two streets that sit in the shadow of the US Capitol. While different sources suggest different attendee numbers ranging as high as over one million, we can say conclusively that as of 4pm the Metro announced

that it’s ridership for the day had been 597,000. During the inauguration itself, a small group of protesters threw rocks at police and set a vehicle on fire, leading to 94 arrests. “It was a very small minority of protesters that are taking up a

very large majority of media coverage,” said Laura Hoge, a women who traveled with her family from New Jersey to “voice her dissent.” As I walked among the crowds at the Women’s March, I remember distinctly seeing a

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