issue 11 / volume 41 Brad McLeod The Peak (NUW) [pers by Rosa Parks, student with laptop refuses to move to back of lecture hallYoung ‘hero’ fights against rule requiring laptop users to sit near the backBy Brad McLeod — The Peak (Simon Fraser University) BURNABY (NUW) — An SFU student took a dramatic stand Tuesday afternoon in favour of what she describes as her “inalienable right to make everyone behind her watch her browse Etsy.” Despite being asked several times by her professor to move, in accordance with his rule that students with laptops sit near the back, third-year student Madeline Wright remained front-row and centre for the | AM 1 FAMOUS YET? imgiip.com By Mercedes Deutscher : duration of her American : history class. : “I was standing up for what: : I believe in, just like we learned : Mrs. Parks did,” Wright said, : following her private meeting : with the prof to discuss the : incident. “I’ve been forced : to sit in the back my entire : undergraduate life, just because : of my laptop—I had to take a : stand! "Unlike her hero, Wright : says that she was not arrested : or even forced to leave the class, : but claims that her fate was : almost as bad, as she was glared : at and verbally abused by the : pen-and-paper kids in the class. “They yelled at me to ‘get to : the back and to ‘shut that thing : off? as if preferring to take notes : : ona computer was a choice or : something,” Wright explained. : “I can’t believe this type of humour // 23 refuses to move to back of lecture hall » Young ‘hero’ fights against rule requiring laptop users to sit near the back : discrimination still exists in the : 2st century!” While Wright admits : to having faced far worse : treatment—she isn’t even : allowed to have her laptop out : in certain classes—she says she : won't give up her fight until all : those with open computers are : permitted to sit in any seat, at : any university. When asked whether she : could learn any other lessons : from what she’s being taught in : class, Wright responded, “Well, : we were learning about Rosa : Parks and the whole ‘refusing : to change seats when someone : asks you to’ thing ... but recently : we've moved on to, like, ‘civil : rights’ or something.“ I don't know, it’s really : boring so I just go on Facebook.”