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I don't usually update here and I don't usually write about that stuff but yesterday's events propelled me to do so.  For those of you who do not live in Greece I have to explain though.
Yesterday, there were Dean elections at the Universities. Some students belonging to the left parties and the students who belonged to the ruling party started fighting. However, at our University (in Pireus) things got out of control. The ruling party had some henchmen with wooden planks and the leftists were fighting with molottov bombs. As a result everything inside the University was trashed and some cars burned down and people were rushed to the hospital! I was lucky enough not to go there yesterday (thank God for my japanese classes). Even the Uni's site was hacked and doesn't work right now!
Today, there are probably no classes. How can the professors teach in a thrashed class? Tomorrow I have to present a project but I wonder if the Uni is going to open? They destroyed it! I'm also worried about the exams that start next week. They may be pushed back... 
I swear that the situation at the Greek universities couldn't get worse! Since the government is pushing that law about the private Universities, we have been in a state of chaos. I envy the foreign Universities that don't allow political parties to run them. I hate politics! Politics in Greece at least!

Oh yeah: Some photos the leftists took. You can see the ruling party's henchmen. They are really scary!

http://athens.indymedia.org/front.php3?lang=el&article_id=871658

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