#uprrp

[kropotkindersurprise]

May 10, 2024 - Students of the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras have taken down the colonial US flag flying over their school and replaced it with the Palestinian flag. [video]

[thepersassypotterhead]

Will & Cakes: From Teacher to Baker

Starting a business is a handful; you have to balance out your life: work, friends, and family, building up a brand, and keeping up the p

I wrote a lil something on my best friend's online bakery! I'm so proud of him!

[nosetratadeganar]

“Albergue de Memoria”, de Jomary Ramírez Segarra en la Galería del Departamento de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, recinto de Río Piedras. Febrero, 2015.

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[prserrano]

Walking home isn’t that bad

[late-sundown]

Follow up on the protests today in Puerto Rico #1demayopr

Part of worker's day protests.. #1demayo

[hecticpre-medlife-blog]

When your notes end up in Spanglish bc the class is in Spanish but all other resources are in English and you’re too lazy to translate it all.

[puertorricanreality]

Fighting for the Accesibility of Public University

        On May 3rd, 2018, students from one of the main precincts of the University of Puerto Rico gathered to determine the actions to take regarding the Fiscal Plan presented by the Government Board of the university, as well as the Fiscal Board of Puerto Rico. This suggested closing and consolidating precincts and duplicating the cost per credit from $55 to $115. It plans to eliminate all exemptions, including those given to athletes and choir members, and an increase in other quotas. In addition, the university is closing one of the student residences, leaving 375 students without a home. It’s important to highlight that just two days a national protest occurred, in which policemen followed students into their homes and illegally arrested students using excess of force. Students were angry and frustrated, to say the least.

Students at the student gathering shouting chants (Photo by  Xavier J. Araújo Berríos)

        Regarding these issues, a student suggested closing the university for 72 hours to express their discontent and repudiation of the acts performed against public education. Nonetheless, most students rejected the offer, stating that what the government wanted was for us to close the university for them to sell it, leaving Puerto Rico without a public university. Instead, a walk-out was accepted, as well as another student assembly to take place in two weeks and a demonstration involving multiple sectors on May 11th. During the walk-out, the students protested in the most visited mall in the country, Plaza Las Americas. Many Puerto Ricans deemed this disrespectful, saying “students should have protested on their grounds, not invading private property”.

        Taking into consideration the inaccessibility of public education as it is, consolidating and closing precincts would only amount to making public education more difficult to obtain. In addition, increasing credit costs will make it impossible studying for many families that have encountered troubling economic impact due to Hurricane Maria. The increase in costs doesn’t implicate better services, only maintaining it. Regarding the student residence closing, it’s ironic that this happens because the university is investing on an unnecessary project to create a building for research investigation, when the university already has two buildings dedicated to that. It’s difficult to find a way to have our voices be heard when the Puerto Rican citizens choose to remain unfaced by the abuse of the local and federal governments. Looking for alternative methods of protest are a challenge that the university must overcome to make their voices heard.

        The truth is students are tired, not only of feeling powerless, but of the conditions they must endure every day. With the university destroyed, lack of consideration from many professors and a tight trimester, we feel exhausted and unheard. Many students are emigrating to the United States in hopes of finding more opportunities. This is a fight that can’t only fall on our hands, but one of the entire country. If we don’t do something about it, the country will be left with little to no professionals and an aging population.

[quisqueyameetsborinken]