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More than 70 University of Utah faculty, staff sign letter supporting students charged for protesting

The letter comes after nine students, most in the student group MECHA, face criminal charges for disrupting a conservative club’s event in November.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Students chant as they push inside an office in the Union building during a sit-in when MECHA staged a protest at the University of Utah on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. More than 70 faculty and staff members at the U. have now signed a letter in support of MECHA after the club lost its sponsorship and members were criminally charged.