At 10 p.m. Thursday night, the Students Against Peabody group officially ended its sit-in. But students say their stand against Peabody Energy will continue at the board of trustees meeting on May 1.

After 16 days of holding their ground underneath the Brookings Archway, the students have decided to move on to other tactics to urge Washington University to cut ties with Peabody Energy.

At the official end time, several sit-in participants gathered to help pack up tents and close down their operations, but there was no public announcement due to the rainy weather.

Junior Julia Ho, one of the organizers of the sit-in, said that the group chose to end the sit-in because administrators had made it clear that they would not give in to the students’ demands.

“As much as the sit-in has been helpful for bringing people together and bringing awareness around the issue and really gaining national reports, it’s not an effective tactic anymore in pushing the administration to do more, so we’re just going directly to [Peabody Chairman] Greg Boyce via the board of trustees meeting,” Ho said.

“Tonight we’re just packing up, but definitely there will be lots of things happening in the next week as we’re getting ready for that board of trustees meeting. It’s definitely not over yet.”