:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/GPB3KBEWPZAXHBSGTIERITLFVQ.jpg "The FAD started an indefinite strike and the students demanded from UNAM better conditions to study")
There Faculty of Arts and Design (ADF) of the UNAM officially announced via his Facebook account, the suspension of academic activities since February 16. He permanent unemployment continues until February 22, as students reported a series of deficiencies of the authorities On the campus Xochimilco.
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Students are asking for more security, an efficient medical service, maintenance, care of school materials and support for their artists from the start of their career. “The equipment we need to work is not well maintained, they don’t provide us with the basic equipment. We don’t have a decent space or equipment to play sports, the medical and psychological service of the faculty is very deficient“, explained a student in a video that has gone viral on the platform ICT Tac.
Likewise, the school has been harshly criticized by students through social networks, this after the achievements and recognitions won by Guillermo del Toro. “I hope that one day UNAM will introduce me as Guillermo del Toro, but They don’t even turn to see my collegethey harass us outside of school, they take away our budget and they never worried about the audiovisual content that is done in the FAD”, “They do not give us security, they do not give us the conditions of our training and they silence us”, pointed out some users.
Despite continued protests and after a five-day strike, the authorities apparently ignored the list of demands presented by the students. For what they decided to act, they organized a march this Monday, February 20, from the CU metro to Presbytery of Ciudad Universitariafor the university authorities to settle their claims, in addition to the fact that several cases of harassment have been revealed.
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In the midst of the fight, some students managed to spray paint on the lower part of the iconic mural by David Alfaro Siqueiroswhich represents “a neohumanist national culture of universal depth”, which is located precisely in the building of the presbytery of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
On February 20, the FAD authorities and the students took part in a dialogue table, where the director Mauricio de Jesus Juarez Servin He was directly questioned about the disappearance of the Art and Design career on the Xochimilco campus. To which the principal replied that he did not know the reason why said degree was withdrawn, in addition to arguing that they could not offer or build decent spaces for the faculty due to the construction of the Mayan train. .
“We are going to study how we could open up the possibility of his return and we have to see the question of the spaces. We have a piece of land which belongs to us and which is attached to the base 3 of the parking lot at the back. This land… it you have to build a building, it’s very expensive, we’re at the end of a Rectorate administration. The federal government does not provide the resources, there are priorities for other projects like the Mayan train, a lot of resources are going “
Regarding the lack of security reported by students, cases of harassment and assault at the school entrance. “They don’t provide us with decent transportation, we don’t have Pumabús, RTP routes are few and poor,” the undergraduates assured.
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Until 10:00 p.m. on February 21, the administration of the Faculty of Arts and Design announced in a press release that another dialogue table was held with the students of the FAD Organized Community in the who responded to the petition before various UNAM authorities. However, they will continue to work with the commissions to continue to deal with the specific points of the students’ requests.