Over 100 protestors joined the campaign to kick the Halliburton Corporation off the UW-Madison campus Thursday.
The corporation participated in the engineering school's annual career fair at UW-Madison's Engineering Centers Building.
Students of the Campus Anti-war Network marched into the fair waving posters and chanting protests claiming the corporation has abused government contracts, stolen American taxpayers' money and abused the American soldiers that depend on them.""
The march, which began on Bascom Hill at noon, continued onto Charter Street and University Avenue.
""Whose streets? Our streets! Whose war? Their war!"" participants chanted as police officers stopped traffic for the crowd of highly-motivated students on their way to the Engineering Centers Building.
Protestors gathered at the front of the building before parading through the career fair and completely surrounding the Halliburton information booth.
The Halliburton representatives would not offer comments on the situation.
The protestors proceeded to sit or stand around the Halliburton table, singing protest songs and stating accusations against Halliburton by megaphone.
The UW Police Department was present during the protest, and CAN members abided by UW-Madison rules and regulations regarding campus protests so police involvement was not necessary.
Assistant Dean of Students Suzanne Jones said she understands students have the right to have their beliefs and make them known to other people.
""The only difficulty is when students prevent other students from doing what they want to do,"" Jones said at the demonstration.
Joe Hanson, a UW-Madison senior and participant in the engineering career fair said the protesting was ""inappropriate"" and ""distracting.""
""I don't think there is any place for this right now,"" Hanson said.
""This actually makes me want to work for Halliburton even more. Their representatives are just trying to get some quality people to work for them, and I feel bad that this is the impression they were greeted with.""
Halliburton representatives continued to greet career fair participants throughout the protest, providing company brochures to any student interested.
""Everybody has their own opinions. Halliburton is a great company and we look forward to meeting with you,"" one Halliburton representative told an inquiring student.
Representatives from other businesses said the protest was very disruptive and took away from students' career fair experiences.
""It's distracting when there is shouting and yelling, and we are trying to have a professional conversation with somebody,"" said Kristen Beams, a representative from Howard Immel Inc.
Near the end of the protest, CAN members began to take Halliburton flyers and shred them, throwing the remains on the ground.
At 2 p.m. protestors left the Career Fair to continue protesting at Chancellor Wiley's office.
Police officers again blocked the streets, however some protestors decided to take an alternative route back to Bascom Hall and began running in and out of traffic on University Avenue, chanting and dancing among the vehicles.
Upon reaching the chancellor's office, students were told that the chancellor was ""out of town"" and ""there is no one here to speak to [them].""
CAN protestors called an end to the protest, but said the university can expect more to come.
""Today is the day I lost my 'campus protesting virginity,'"" said Cindy Sjoquist, a UW-Madison sophomore.
""I think a lot of people heard what we had to say today, but the Chancellor is one of the people who made this possible. We want to hear what he has to say about war profiteers recruiting our students,"" said Zach Heise, a UW-Madison senior.
