At 12 p.m. on the second day of school, organizers from Students, Faculty and Staff United gathered in front of the Administration Building to defend the activists who were arrested during the Business building lockdown last Dec. 9 and to promote the campus walk-out on Feb. 11 and statewide strike on March 4.

Aaron Salazar, a member of SFSUnited, said that the media missed vital information about the lockdown last year: activists were not only fighting against budget cuts and fee hikes.

"What got lost in the media was that the protest was also an anti-war and anti-capitalism demonstration," he said. Fee hikes would not happen if it weren't for budget cuts and budget cuts would not happen if it weren't for the war, according to Salazar.

Handmade signs that read "Make the bosses take the losses!" and "Cuts Hurt!" were held high by the organizers, while the rest of them gave out flyers for the rallies on Feb. 11 and March 4. They took turns screaming into the bullhorn, "When students are under attack, what do you do? Stand up and fight back!"

The Feb. 11 walk-out starts at noon at Malcolm X Plaza.

"After this, there will be a meeting with organizers from the 1968 strike," Canada College instructor and SF State alumni Daniella Maher said. Maher's classes were cut this semester and according to her, Canada College isn't as active about these issues as SF State, so she came over to her alma mater to fight off faculty cuts.

Among the organizers going to the meeting are Clarence Thomas, a member of the Black Student Union and a leader of the 1968 campus strike and Todd Chretien, a longtime SF State campus activist.

On March 4th there will be a statewide day of action that involves the UCs, CSUs, and community colleges all over California. "Campuses will have their own rallies and at the same time, SF State will have one as well," Maher said. "It's all going to be local."