Les étudiants grévistes occupent les lieux universitaires.

Students led by the Black Student Advisory Council and Basic Needs campaign began to occupy the Main Building on Monday evening in support of their campaigns for action from the administration.

“Our dialogue at this point is all or nothing,” said Tsage Douglas, president of the Black Student Union. “Either you meet our demands and meet them on our terms or we’re not accepting it.”

The students plan to occupy the Main Building overnight on Monday so that they can meet with UK administrators when they arrive on Tuesday morning. As of 10 p.m., one UK Police officer was present in the building with the students.

The Black Student Advisory Council has five requests for the administration: a permanent seat on search committees for administrative officials, revising the William C Parker Scholarship, standardizing the role of Diversity and Inclusion Officers, releasing the findings from the 2016 Cook Ross Survey and taking down the mural in Memorial Hall.

The Basic Needs Campaign has its own list of demands relating to food and housing insecurity among UK students. Members of the Basic Needs campaign began a hunger strike last week as another form of protest.

Both groups are using the hashtag #OccupyUK to promote the occupation on social media.

The occupation began after a town hall hosted by the Black Student Advisory Council to discuss minority issues on campus. The town hall, a follow-up to an all-call meeting in October, went over meetings between the Council and administration about the Council’s demands.