Ex-Sen. Kerrey still disliked by New School students

Former Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) is not having an easy time as president of the New School University. Friday morning, a group of students paid homage to May ’68 by staging a takeover of a campus building to protest Kerrey’s refusal to meet their demand that he step down an April 1.

According to The New York Times, about three dozen students showed up before 6:00 a.m. for their protest, repeating a tactic they employed in December to get Kerrey’s attention. It might have done that but it didn’t convince him to bag his job at the New York City university, which he’s led since 2001.

From The Times:

The students adopted a list of eight demands including a greater student voice in university affairs and the resignations of Mr. Kerrey, a former senator from Nebraska; James Murtha, the executive vice president; and Robert Millard, treasurer of the board of trustees, who students said was connected to a private security firm working in Iraq.

That action ended after negotiations, but a students group calling itself the