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The Student Assembly unanimously passed a resolution supporting the rights of student protesters following a conversation defending the Interim Expressive Activity Policy from University administrators.
As protestors challenge Cornell’s Interim Expressive Activity Policy, The Sun outlines the legal rights of student demonstrators.
9:30 a.m., April 26 | “Hands Off”The encampment continues on the Arts Quad for its second day. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:19 a.m., April 26 | “Clarification”Cornell University Police Department arrives to ask a clarifying question regarding a permit. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:40 a.m., April 26 | “The People’s University”Prof. Mostafa Minawai, history, leads a teach-in on 19th and 20th century Palestinian history. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
10:51 a.m., April 26 | “Disagreement” Onlookers wear Israeli flags and speak to onlookers regarding their beliefs. (Nina Davis/Sun Photography Editor)
11:30 a.m., April 26 | “Indigeneity”Prof. Jody Bird, literatures in English, conducts the second teach-in of the day on indigeneity and settler colonialism.
Four student protesters were temporarily suspended at 3:08 p.m., according to an email sent to the suspended students.
As a member of the Cornell community who has dedicated my career to the study of complicated questions about the relationship between law, democracy and dissent, I am writing to share some reflections on how to think about the unauthorized encampment on the quad and what we can learn from it about the meaning of free expression in this global moment of democratic backsliding.
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?
Cornell undergraduate students have voted “yes” for divestment by a 2:1 ratio in a historic referendum. We want President Pollack and the Board of Trustees to know that the faculty and staff are on their side.
Growing right wing authoritarianism, not Palestinian solidarity, is the biggest threat to Jewish safety here at Cornell and across the United States.
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.
Students participating in the encampment decided to continue their protest past the 8 p.m. deadline, despite University warnings of temporary suspension or arrest.