What's this country coming to?
"The idea of a silent protest was to take up space and force people to witness our experiences without creating room for debate or differing opinions," said Anahita Sharma, a fourth year liberal arts student.
While debate can be helpful and constructive, there is a time and place for it, and sometimes it is inappropriate, according to Ahmed.
Ahmed was also critical of the Delta Tau Delta, a fraternity that was tabling on the other side of MainStreet.
While the fraternity had most likely not planned for the activists to be there, it was disrespectful for them to play pop music over the demonstration, said Ahmed.
"When people are expressing their hurt and pain, it's not the place to do so because you are essentially telling them that they are not validated in their feelings," said Ahmed. "It's not easy when holding protests to express that to people passing by, so I think the tape helped a lot."