A group of Brown student government representatives yesterday released a statement condemning the administration's decision to call in the police on Thursday as "nothing less than grossly reprehensible."
The arrests mark "a low point for Brown University. That something so deplorable as this should occur is but a further example of the extent to which the Brown administration has degenerated in its dealings with both students and striking employees," the statement said.
The university sent letters yesterday to each of the arrested students informing them of their rights under the university's internal punitive hearing system.
Thomas Bechtel, the dean of undergraduate counseling at Brown, who authorized the arrests, said Thursday that the university administration classified the students' actions as a serious offense," which leaves two options available to the students.
David Couch, one of the arrested students, said yesterday he thinks the 11 will choose a hearing before an appointed board of Brown faculty members and students.
The second option open to the students is a hearing before a dean of the university's choice. That dean, Bechtel said, could be him