02/17/2007

Associated Press

Six college students were arrested Friday during an anti-war protest at the local office of a congressman.

The students sat inside the Chapel Hill office of Democratic U.S. Rep. David Price, demanding to speak with Price over the phone. The protesters want Price to vote to cutoff funding for the war in Iraq.

When they refused to leave, Chapel Hill police carried the students out of the office and charged each one with trespassing.

Five are students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, while the sixth student attends North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

Price, a former Duke University professor, is serving his 10th term representing the 4th District, a largely suburban area encompassing Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill.

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Information from: The News & Observer, http://www.newsobserver.com