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<div>Col. Gábor Szarka, former Chief of Staff to the Minister of
Defense in the second Orbán government, was appointed chancellor of
the arts university by a board of directors recently installed by the
government.</div>
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<div>Following his appointment, the students blocked Szarka from
entering the campus, a continuation of the month-long occupation and
blockade of the university in response to an intensifying conflict
between students/professors and the new board of directors. Students
maintained that they consider the board illegitimate, and vowed to
continue the blockade against all new leadership until their demands
for autonomy are met.</div>
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<div>On Wednesday night, one month after occupying a campus building
on Vas Street in Budapest, students placed another building under
blockade. A student forum voted Wednesday night to occupy the film
faculty building on Szentkirályi Street after the university's
previous leadership - including the acting rector, deputy
rector, and the heads of each of the university's faculties - joined a
student demonstration as their mandates expired following their
resignations in August. <br>
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