'' A STATE OF CHAOS'' by Yannis Palaiologos editor-in-chief of "Free Sunday" newspaper in Athens

''The country is experiencing a national depression, both financially and psychologically.It is accompanied by a collapse of relations between the state and society but alsowithin society, with every group thinking itself victimized by the rest and resisting by any means necessary the surrender of privileges it has long held at the expense of the common good.

Greece’s university system is both a symptom and a central cause of the country’s disease. As August gave way to September, Greece was rocked by a wave of sit-ins in university buildings by students protesting the new law governing the administration of higher education. At its height, more than 200 departments across the country had been taken over, leading to the suspension of the fall exam period and to the threatened cancellation of the fall semester. The demonstrating students found support in many faculty members, especially deans, who in some cases decided to delay the exams to facilitate the sit-ins..''
A State of Chaos