Bells, whistles, drum beats and tambourines punctuated chants of “O-H, ICE-OUT” that cut through the cold air outside the campus area Marriott Hotel at 3100 Olentangy River Rd. Wednesday night.
A crowd of roughly 60 gathered around 7 p.m. on the sidewalk and marched carrying signs, improvised drums of pots and pans and other instruments as part of a noise demonstration organized by the Columbus chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, also known as PSL.
Olivia Rowland, a PSL member and graduate student in English, said that the protest was held outside of the hotel near where Ohio Homeland Security is hosting a counter-terrorism conference…