LONDON — Hundreds have protested at Cambridge University over the 2 1/2-year suspension of a student who interrupted a politician’s speech with a poem. 伦敦:一名剑桥学生用诗打断政客演讲而被罚休学,引来上百名学生抗议。 Graduate student Owen Holland was this week banned until October 2017 by the university’s Court of Discipline. He disrupted a November speech by Universities Minister David Willetts with a poem entitled “Go Home, David.” 英国大学与技能事务部长Willetts11月在发表演讲时,剑桥研究生Owen Holland用一首题为“回家吧,大卫” 的诗打断了他。根据学校的规定他将被罚休学,处罚从这周起直至2017年10月。 Before the suspension, dozens of staff and students wrote a letter saying they had also taken part in the Willetts protest and asking for the same punishment. 在裁决出来之前,许多教师和学生联名上书致信校委会,表示他们也参加了对Willetts的抗议活动,要求得到相同的惩罚。 The Cambridge University Student Union said 500 people attended a demonstration against the suspension on Friday. 剑桥学生会表示这周五有500个人加入了反对该裁决的队伍。 Protests have erupted at British universities since the government tripled maximum tuition fees to 9,000 pounds ($14,000) a year. 自政府规定将高额学费增加了两倍至9000英镑(14000美金)后,抗议声在英国各大高校爆发。 |