LANSING - That was the chant students began with as they marched from Lansing City Market all the way to the Capitol.

More than 150 students from more than nine of Michigan's universities gathered to petition the legislature and make their voices heard. The Michigan Student's Rise March was organized by the Michigan Student Power Network

"When students' rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back," rang through the streets as the students and supporters made their way to the Capitol ready to present their list of demands.

“There’s a lot of talk about rebuilding Michigan right now, and this new ‘stream of opportunity’ Governor Snyder keeps mentioning, but the current plan seems to be crushing students, workers, and communities of color,” said Ian Matchett, an organizer with the Michigan Student Power Network.

When the students arrived they were greeted by staffers from the legislature and Representative Stephanie Chang.

While none of the representatives spoke at the rally they did accept the list of 10 demands from the students and donned buttons with the Power Networks logo, before returning inside for their afternoon session.

“This was a big day, but its clearly just the beginning,” Matchett said, “Today we reminded the governor and Lansing politicians that students are an independent force in Michigan, but if we want to see real change we need to keep building power back home and on our campuses.”

As the rally wrapped up police confronted one march participant and following an exchange arrested a different a different student marcher.

MSPN saw this as an unfortunate distraction from the core message for the day.