Students from Saint Louis University (SLU) held a candlelight protest Saturday night, Oct. 30, to appeal for a break from online classes and academic requirements.
Hundreds of SLU students gathered in front of the University’s main gate on Saturday night to call for an academic break.
“Two years of online-based learning and two years of having little to no compassion for your students. Despite endless calls for #AcademicBreakNowSLU, the administration has once again failed to show its students compassion: the very principle we are taught as students of the University,” the letter read.
Meanwhile, in a separate statement issued on Sunday, Oct. 31, SLU assured that the needs of the students “are taken into account in the context of the challenges of flexible learning while making sure that quality education is at the forefront of their learning.” SLU added that the peaceful request of the student body for academic break has “quickly escalated by unverified information pertaining to cases of self-harm” which has caused “an unnecessary uproar in an otherwise peaceful request.”
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