Tree Sitters

The oak tree grove is a beautiful place that should be cherished, not destroyed by the university in the name of building a new stadium. I think that the university and it's admins are not nearly as old as those trees are. The tree sitters are courageous people who should not be charged with a crime. The UC police should not hurt them in any way, and they should receive the proper food. Having been in many civil rights struggles over the years, I know how hard it is for those people to put aside their differences, and stay in those trees. Keeping the momentum going for over a year, and just barely staying alive says a lot to the perseverance of those people, the cause, and everything it stands for. There's not many of them, and there are too many of us not being involved. I long to sit in those trees, or when I am 80 years old, witness their growth, and bow down to their beauty. Let the trees stay, and let the people go free.