USC Cal State game delayed due to protesters demonstrating on field

October 28, 2023 08:10 PM

The football game between Cal State and the University of Southern California was disrupted by a group of protesters Saturday.

Protesters stormed the field and sat themselves on the 50 yard line at the beginning of the game. As police physically removed them, game play was delayed by eight minutes. Police would eventually arrest them.

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USC California Football — Protestors are escorted off the field by police after preventing the start of the Southern California vs. California NCAA college football game football game at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023. The protestors were demanding the reinstatement of UC professor Ivonne del Valle, who is currently on paid administrative leave. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP)

The protesters donned t-shirts that read: “Justice for Ivonne,” in reference to Ivonne del Valle, a Spanish and Portuguese associate professor from UC Berkeley. Del Valle has been suspended from the university for harassment and stalking of fellow professor Joshua Clover of the UC Davis English department.

Berkeley students told a local outlet of their plans to interrupt the game. They also have plans for a hunger strike in de Valle’s honor.

Cal State’s California Memorial Stadium is within a mile of the Berkeley campus.

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Berkeley is del Valle’s alma mater, where she received her PhD in 2004. She previously taught at Michigan State.

Del Valle is on paid administrative leave, but protesters are seeking her immediate reinstatement. It remains to be seen whether she will return after the Fall 2023 semester.