You like to think you stand up for what you believe in dontcha? You have your little things you protest, or you stand down at the Old Main Gates and protest the Iraq war, but are you willing to stand there and get arrested for your beliefs? Doubtful. Not that I'm saying you're a bad person, if someone tells me to stop writing this blog or I'm going to jail ... SEE YA! So clearly, when 32 (or 31?) members of United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) were arrested for trespassing in Old Main yesterday during their sit-in they proved they have the biggest balls on campus.

OK, so they were all released and as USAS member Aaron Troisi said in today's CDT it's doubtful that charges will be filed against them. Still, getting handcuffs placed on you is a scary thing (not that I would know), and even if they thought they would be released without charges they still had to be a little scared. But they were willing to do it because they believe Penn State should sign the Designated Supplier Program.

And really whether you agree with USAS or not you have to give them credit for sticking to their guns. Isn't this what college is supposed to be about? Protesting things that you believe in, whether it's Anti-Abortion or LGBT Rights or the Iraq War or carrying concealed weapons (I tried to get both "right" and "left" issues in there, how'd I do?). But for the most part we don't. We might attend a speech or stand with a sign along College Ave while people honk at us, but it's probably safe to say that when the going gets though, we'd get going.

So congrats to USAS for showing us all what it's like to really believe in something, and to have gigantic balls. 

Although I do like to buy my Penn State clothing on the cheap, so maybe that whole sweatshop labor thing isn't so bad.