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Syverud addresses student demands By Emma Folts and India Miraglia the daily orange
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CHANCELLOR KENT SYVERUD has visited protesters at the Barnes Center at The Arch three times since the #NotAgainSU protest began on Nov. 13. He stopped by the center on Tuesday to briefly discuss his reponse to student demands. corey henry photo editor
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Chancellor pledges to work with protesters By Casey Darnell news editor
Chancellor Kent Syverud addressed his response to student demands in an interview with student media about three hours after the university released an 11-page action plan. The university’s delayed communication about racist graffiti found in Day Hall on Nov. 7 prompted outrage among students of color. #NotAgainSU, a movement led by black students, has led a sit-in in the Barnes Center at The Arch for seven days. The group released a list of 18 demands and set Wednesday as a deadline for Syverud’s response. #NotAgainSU’s demands have largely focused on diversity and inclusion initiatives, including stronger consequences for hate speech, a rehaul of SEM 100, mandatory bias training for faculty and staff and more counselors of color. International students have also provided a list of demands to the chancellor that repeats some of those from #NotAgainSU. “Working on diversity and inclusion issues is something I’ve
been doing my entire career,” Syverud said. “My belief is it’s always got to be an ongoing process, so I would always expect people to say more can be done.” The chart Syverud sent in a campus-wide email on Tuesday breaks down SU’s responses to demands from both #NotAgainSU and international students. For the Barnes Center protesters, the university plans to expand mandatory diversity training and to clarify SU’s opposition to hate speech in the Code of Student Conduct. For international students, the university pledges to more effectively position security cameras and to recruit more international and multilingual resident advisers. SU will hold a forum Wednesday in Goldstein Auditorium at Schine Student Center to discuss the university’s response to students’ demands. Protesters originally called for Syverud’s resignation if he didn’t meet their demands by Wednesday at 5 p.m. Asked about calls for resignation, Syverud said he doesn’t think see syverud page 6
hancellor Kent Syverud responded to the demands of #NotAgainSU and international students in a campus-wide email sent Tuesday. Both international students and #NotAgainSU — a movement led by black students — have submitted demands to Syverud in response to hate crimes and bias-related that have occurred on or near the Syracuse University campus. At least 11 racist or bias-related incidents have been reported since Nov. 7. Syverud outlined five demands that should be met with urgency, and SU is immediately committing resources, including more than $1 million for curriculum development, to implement his responses within the next year. Several of the commitments address demands created by #NotAgainSU. The movement, led see response page 4
november hate crimes READ MORE Investigation The Syracuse Police Department will lead the investigation of the white supremacist manifesto. See page 3
Pushing back DPS Chief Bobby Maldonado defended the chancellor in response to attacks from Gov. Cuomo. See page 3
SU professor receives anti-Semitic message By Gabe Stern
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Editor’s note: This article contains details about antiSemitism and references to the Holocaust. A Syracuse University professor was threatened by an anonymous email sent to her that contained hostile, anti-Semitic language and referenced the Holocaust.
In support Board of Trustees Chair Kathleen Walters said she stands behind Chancellor Kent Syverud. See page 6
Condemning hate Anti-Defamation League expressed concern about recent hate crimes and bias-related incidents See page 6
Immediately, I thought of the safety of my family. I don’t know who would’ve sent it. Genevieve García de Müeller professor of writing, rhetoric and composition
Genevieve García de Müeller, a professor of writing, rhetoric and composition, told The Daily Orange that she received the message
around 10:40 a.m. The email, sent via anonymousemail, told her to “get in the oven where you belong.” It ended by using an anti-Semitic slur. The subject line of the email read “JEW.” Müeller said she called the Department of Public Safety after receiving the email. DPS directed her to the Syracuse Police Department because the incident occurred while she was off-campus, she said. She also tweeted a screenshot of the email sent to her at about noon on Tuesday. SPD said the department would look at the email in the same situation as the swastika that was found near The 505 on Walnut on Thursday evening, Müeller said. At the time of interview, Müeller had not heard from SPD since about 11:30 a.m. “Immediately, I thought of the safety of my family,” Müeller said of the email. “I don’t know who would’ve sent it. I don’t know who knows I’m Jewish. It’s not something I talk about in class necessarily, but it was very personal to me.” SPD spokesperson Sgt. Matthew see email page 6