Unable to get agreement from the city government, on March 4, the day demolition was to begin, NTU students and teachers, as well as Ma Ying-jeou, tapped to be the next Kuomintang candidate for Taipei mayor, joined the squatters to defend their homes.
由於得不到市府的回應，三月四日拆除當天，台大師生、被視為國民黨下一屆台北市長熱門候選人的馬英九，和拆遷戶一起死守家園。