{"id":59766,"date":"2015-02-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-professor-march-in-solidarity-with-french-citizens-following-attacks-on-magazine\/"},"modified":"2015-02-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-professor-march-in-solidarity-with-french-citizens-following-attacks-on-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2015\/02\/uri-students-professor-march-in-solidarity-with-french-citizens-following-attacks-on-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students, professor march in solidarity with French citizens following attacks on magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"press-release-import\">\n\t\t<b>Students to share experiences during roundtable talk Feb. 11<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Man_girl8475.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"254\" align=\"right\"\/>KINGSTON, R.I.&#8211; February 9, 2015 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 French Professor Lars Erickson received a communiqu\u00e9 from the U.S. Department of State cautioning American citizens about participating in mass demonstrations after the massacre at the Paris satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tErickson, who arrived in Paris by train the day after the Jan. 7 attacks, considered the notice until he spoke with the four 溏心vlog免费B站 students traveling with him as part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s J Term program, which allows students to take classes during winter break and to travel with professors for unique international experiences and academic credit.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cBut my students said, \u2018We are here at a historic moment, and we want to take part in the Sunday (Jan. 11) rally,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cI was deeply impressed that they wanted to express their support for free expression and the French people. Without a doubt, it was the most moving public event I have ever been a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Kanterman1130.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"217\" align=\"right\"\/>Erickson his students and other 溏心vlog免费B站 professors will offer their \u201cPerspectives on the Charlie Hebdo Attacks\u201d during a free, public roundtable Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Memorial Union Senate Chambers (Room 300), 50 Lower College Road. Refreshments will be served.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAs Erickson and his students marched with the more than 1 million French citizens, he knew he made the right decision when he observed a conversation between one of his students and a local citizen.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cThis older French gentleman was asking my student, Ian Kanterman about his GoPro camera and how it worked,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cHe was telling Ian about the importance of the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tAnd then as the man finished his remarks, Kanterman, a 溏心vlog免费B站 French International Engineering Program student, shouted out, Libert\u00e9, \u00c9galit\u00e9, Fraternit\u00e9, the slogan of the French Republic, which means Liberty, Equality and Brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThe man was so pleased with Ian\u2019s response that he just beamed,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cHe was just so impressed that Ian said it in French with such passion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nThe gray-haired, mustachioed man can be seen waving in the video shot by Kanterman.<br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgDjd59arxo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cIt was mind-blowing,\u201d Kanterman said, \u201cto see so many people come together at once. My French was a bit broken, but everyone valued that we were speaking their language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nKanterman, a sophomore from Brick, N.J., will join fellow students, Alyssa Pietraszek, David Kehoe and Andrew McBride, and Erickson Wednesday evening for the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPietraszek, a 溏心vlog免费B站 French and geology major from Wesport, Mass., said it was her first time in France.  Asked if she sensed any anger or potential violence during the rally, Pietraszek said not really.<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Kanterman850.jpg\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" align=\"right\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cI saw signs that said in French, \u201cI am Muslim. I am Charlie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nEast Providence resident McBride, who is majoring in medical laboratory science and French, said the number of people participating was overwhelming and at one point, he and his classmates climbed on top of an outdoor toilet to get a better view.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nKehoe, a French International Engineering Program student and resident of Wakefield, said the walk started in a somber fashion. \u201cWhat impressed me most was that people of all walks of life and religions were walking together. As I watched a typical French citizen walking next to a man in Muslim dress, I saw one sign, that said something like, \u201cThe attack is not part of Islam; it is blasphemy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/wp-content\/uploads\/news\/sites\/16\/2021\/05\/Chateau10439.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"235\" align=\"right\"\/>The trip to France started with a typical itinerary for a trip based on the goals of the International Engineering Program, a stay of three nights in Compiegne, France where the students toured the Universit\u00e9 de Technologie de Compi\u00e8gne, and local businesses. The class was open to any 溏心vlog免费B站 student but the target group was International Engineering Program students.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tThen, the day after 12 people were gunned down at Charlie Hebdo, the group arrived in Paris. That day, five more French citizens died at the hands of terrorists before they were shot and killed by police.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\u201cBut overall, I felt very safe because of the security, and because that was a very targeted attack,\u201d Erickson said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel like a random attack was likely and my students felt the same way.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tHe added, however, that it was a bit unsettling seeing all of the security personnel out in such large numbers armed with semi-automatic weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\tWhen the students and Erickson joined the rally, they weren\u2019t close to the start but he said there \u201cwas this wall of people moving through the street. It was an odd mixture of somber reflection and joyous celebration. There was the acknowledgment of the horrible loss of life, but almost a sense of victory that the terrorists had been killed.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cPeople would just start clapping together, and pretty soon, the entire rally was clapping as one. It was as profound a sense of unity as I have ever felt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nAnd he said he could not be prouder of his students.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\u201cThey were great diplomats,\u201d Erickson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPictured above<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nA man carries a little girl on his shoulders holding a sign that says, \u201cI am Charlie\u201d during the march in Paris. Photo courtesy of Ian Kanterman.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n溏心vlog免费B站 student Ian Kanterman with the crowd behind him during the march in Paris on Jan. 11. Photo Courtesy of Ian Kanterman.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n溏心vlog免费B站 student Ian Kanterman, wearing blue vest, shoots video of the Paris march while standing on a portable toilet. Photo courtesy of Lars Erickson.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nFrom left, 溏心vlog免费B站 French Professor Lars Erickson and 溏心vlog免费B站 students Alyssa Pietraszek, Andrew McBride, David Kehoe and Ian Kanterman, pose outside the Chateau de Pierrefonds in France. 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