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On Thursday, May 1, the annual display by the Pointers for Life of 4,000 crosses sym bolizing the number of abor tions performed each day in the United States was disrupt ed by a group of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point stu dents.

On Thursday, May 1, the annual display by the Pointers for Life of 4,000 crosses sym bolizing the number of abor tions performed each day in the United States was disrupt ed by a group of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point stu dents. The group of students demonstrated against the dis play by pulling the crosses out of the ground as the Pointers for Life students replaced them in their path. Protective Services were informed and arrived on the scene to resolve the situa tion.

One student, Roderick King, a UW-SP student senator, became involved in Protective Services defending his right to protest the display. King made statements questioning the sponsorship of the display as well as expressing his displea sure with the subject matter.

The members of Pointers for Life stated that their rights of freedom of speech entitled them to the display. The crosses were restored and the display continued for the rest of the day, after they had identified its sponsorship.

“There will be a senate meeting tomorrow night, May 8 at 6:00 p.m. in The Legacy Room in the University Center where the issue of senator King and his recent actions will most likely be further discussed,” said Speaker of the Senate Jen Boyd.

“Any concerned or involved students are encouraged to come to voice their opinion and just talk further about how they feel on the issue and what they feel SGA’s actions should entail,” said President-elect Katie Kloth.

Editor’s Note: Roderick King was hired last week as next year’s Advertising Manager for The Pointer. This in no way influences our coverage of the story. For fur ther comment on the incident, see Letters to the Editor in this week’s issue.