The Swarthmore College students who staged a sit-in at a dean’s office, demanding to be heard on what they say is the school’s mishandling of sexual abuse investigations, received an audience with the administration after nine days of protests, writes Vinny Vella for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

The students are members of Organizing for Survivors, a campus group that advocates for victims of sexual abuse. According to Priya Dieterich, an organizer for the student group, they were also joined by three tenured faculty members.

“We are not doing this because it’s easy or fun,” said Lydia Koku, a senior from Toronto.

“It was important and honorable to see everyone come together,” said Killian McGinnis, a junior from Baltimore.

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