More than 100 people took part in National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Â Â Â
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TC Tolbert, a non-tenure track lecturer in the English department and adjunct instructor with the Gender and Women's Studies department, raises his arm while speaking to the crowd as part of a National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Jed Kinnison, a graduate student, places a sign supporting adjunct faculty in a nearby tree during National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Supporters hold up signs behind a speaker as part of a National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Joel Smith, a non-tenure track lecturer with the English department speaks to the crowd as part of a National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Supporters hold up signs as part of National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
A University of Arizona staffer who identified herself as E.W. holds up her sign during National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
Onlookers and supporters listen to speakers read out statements as part of National Adjunct Walkout Day in the Alumni Plaza on the University of Arizona campus on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015, in Tucson, Ariz. Organizers and participants, which included adjunct and non-tenure track lecturers, read statements calling for multi-year contracts, promotion opportunities, smaller class sizes and better pay. Photo by Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Star
