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A group of Shepherd Junior High School students in east Mesa protested a new school policy banning student hugs with a giant group hug on Friday. Students waited until school was dismissed before gathering across the street from campus to begin hugging each other and chanting, "We want hugs." The new no hugging rule was announced this week. The rule had been in the student handbook previously. Kathy Bareiss, spokeswoman for Mesa Public Schools, said Cahoon reminded students of the policy after surveying the school's students and finding that about 400, or one-third of them, "were concerned about public kissing and hugging in the hall." Before the protest, a group of students met with the principal to learn what was considered acceptable public displays of affection and what wasn't. The list of acceptable public displays are:
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