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Leisher wrote:Protesters force Sanders to cancel a speech.

Notably, though, Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has yet to encounter any problems with the movement’s protesters.

Students at Ohio State University who attempted to occupy the area outside of president Michael V. Drake’s office late Wednesday night experienced a surprise — and a taste of the cruel, real world — when a senior administrator coolly advised them that they would be arrested and expelled if they didn’t retreat from their “occupied space.”

The protest began — as such protests often do these days — with a set of demands and the promise to remain firmly ensconced at Bricker Hall, Ohio State’s main administration building, until school officials capitulated to the demands.

CBS North Carolina spoke to two of the protestors who occupied the Allen Building on Duke’s campus after a week.

“It’s a little strange time was warped when there is no natural light coming in,’ said Dipro Bhownik.

Bhownik is a sophomore at Duke and was also one of the nine protestors.

As a former member of the army in the Singapore National Service he said he was used to spending extended periods of time without normal luxuries, but comfort was one of the last things on protestor’s minds.

“They have threatened us with arrest, expulsion, with disciplinary action,” he said.

For the protestors it did not come to that, but after seven days of occupation they left without getting most of their demands met.

CBS North Carolina asked Bhownik if the protest was considered a loss.

“It’s not a loss,” said Bhownik. “We have managed to create so much solidarity with our community. We have gotten the administrations attention. Those are the big wins,” he added.