Nick Wilson ’26 (center) and Evan Sunshine ’24 (right) talk with Ryan Lombardi, vice president for student and campus life, in the Day Hall lobby. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
Kieran Adams ’24 sits in the Day Hall lobby and studies for an oral exam, scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Adams took the exam over Zoom while in the building. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
Wilson talks with gathered protestors during the occupation of Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Lombardi leaves the Day Hall lobby after talking with protestors for a second time during the occupation of Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Starbucks Workers United demonstrators continue to occupy Day Hall after Dean of Students Marla Love informed demonstrators that the building would officially close at 6 p.m. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
Cornell University Police Department officers walk towards the room of protestors camped out in the Day Hall lobby. CUPD officers had entered the building by 7:15 p.m., but did not clear the building at that time. At 8:10 p.m., six officers entered the lobby. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Wilson (left) and Grant Moravec ’23 (right) discuss options for when CUPD arrives in the lobby. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Organizer Danielle Donovan ’25 exits Day Hall. The demonstrators chose to leave the building at exactly 8:59 p.m., before the 9 p.m. cutoff issued by Officer Eric Steickel — leave by 9 p.m. or face referral to the Office of Student Conduct. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
CUPD officers secure the empty Day Hall lobby after demonstrators left for the evening. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
The Day Hall lobby sits empty after demonstrators left for the evening. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
SBWU demonstrators set up camp for the night outside of Uris Hall, across the street from Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Wilson (left) and Donovan (right) sit inside their tent on the lawn of Uris Hall, bright and early on the second day of the continued protests on campus. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Demonstrators cross Feeney Way to re-enter the lobby after the building opened at 8 a.m., continuing the occupation of Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Love (left) and Wilson (right) discuss terms for occupying Day Hall for the second day, during the continued occupation of Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Lombardi talks with SBWU demonstrators, discussing the terms of meeting with President Martha Pollack, in the lobby of Day Hall. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
Lombardi and Dean Love returned, claiming they did not get enough time to address the situation, whereas Donovan has said, “If the administration can’t answer a few simple questions and meet with us then they are not negotiating in good faith.” (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
Lombardi explains that Pollack agreed to disclose the contract end date, confidentiality clauses and stakeholders for termination at a 1 p.m. Zoom meeting, and to schedule a follow-up meeting. However, demonstrators had to pause their occupation. (Julia Nagel/Sun Photography Editor)
The four representatives of the two-day occupancy of Day Hall: Donovan, Wilson, Moravec and Sunshine. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
Wilson talks to the other demonstrators about what was discussed in their meeting with President Pollack and the Board of Trustees. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)
The demonstrators vote to leave, concluding their two-day occupancy of Day Hall. (Ming DeMers/Sun Assistant Photography Editor)