HUNDREDS OF UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO STUDENTS WERE BACK OUT PROTESTING THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY ON WEDNESDAY, ONE OF MORE THAN 80 PROTESTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE. FOR A BRIEF TIME, THEY BLOCKED TRAFFIC ON CENTRAL NEAR THE UNIVERSITY. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL SAYS COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE CALLING ON UNM TO PROTECT UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.
   ALBUQUERQUE ACADEMY STUDENTS ALSO DEMONSTRATED AGAINST TRUMP, CHANTING “NOT MY PRESIDENT” DURING A RALLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. NEARLY 200 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED , WITH SOME HOLDING SIGNS READING “LOVE TRUMPS HATE” AND “BLACK LIVES MATTER.”
   THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL … ANDREW WATSON … SAYS ACADEMY STAFF DID NOT HELP ORGANIZE THE RALLY…BUT SOME TEACHERS DID BLOCK OUT TIME FOR THE STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE.