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As protestors challenge Cornell’s Interim Expressive Activity Policy, The Sun outlines the legal rights of student demonstrators.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/protest/)
As protestors challenge Cornell’s Interim Expressive Activity Policy, The Sun outlines the legal rights of student demonstrators.
As impossible as it feels, regardless of individual opinions on unfolding world events, now is the time to unify for the sake of protecting free speech and peaceful protest on campuses; to uphold the United States Constitution.
Four student protesters were temporarily suspended at 3:08 p.m., according to an email sent to the suspended students.
This week, President Biden signed a bipartisan military aid bill that would send $26bn to Israel. The day after, the Coalition for Mutual Liberation claimed a portion of our campus’ Arts Quad as a pro-Palestinian liberated zone, in solidarity with other encampments at universities across the nation. Will it matter?
Christopher Cowen, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Cornell, spoke to encampment organizers throughout the day Thursday.
Students started a pro-Palestine encampment on the Arts Quad early Thursday morning, following demonstrations at several other institutions which have prompted mass arrests and suspensions.
Demonstrators in a pro-Palestine encampment which began Thursday morning have been told that they will see academic suspensions if they do not leave by 8 p.m.
The Cornell students and staff members who staged a pro-divestment Day Hall sit-in on March 21 accepted an agreement for their trespassing charges to expire on May 16 provided no further unlawful behavior.
As faculty, students and staff, we must come together to ensure that Cornell stands up against this pressure and protects the university as a free space for thinking, learning and expression.
Hundreds of Cornell community members rallied on the Arts Quad to combat rising antisemitism and support Israel while Pro-Palestinian students protested in favor of divestment.