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SYVERUD SIGNS
Hundreds of protesters left a forum at Hendricks Chapel after Chancellor Kent Syverud said he could not immediately agree to all of #NotAgainSU’s demands. Students marched to the chancellor’s house on Harrison Street, chanting “Sign or resign” along the way. They returned to the Barnes Center sit-in afterward. tj shaw staff photographer
Syverud agrees to student SU officials respond to demands after calls for resignation questions at forum C november hate crimes
his seat in the front row. “Sign or resign,” students chanted as they moved. They walked out of the chapel doors and down the hancellor Kent Syverud agreed to almost all steps, where they crowded around the building. student demands after protesters called for The students continued their chants as Syracuse his resignation on Wednesday night. University officials inside continued the forum. The student protest movment #NotAgainSU #NotAgainSU, a movement led by black students, and international students presented 19 recom- has occupied the lobby of the Barnes Center at The mendations. Syverud agreed to 16 of them as writ- Arch since 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 13. The sit-in was initen, and suggested rewording tially motivated by SU’s delayed to the remaining three, due to communication of racist graffiti the need for Board of Trustagainst black and Asian people ees approval, according to a found on two floors of Day Hall. He’s proven for campus-wide email sent early The forum was held to Thursday morning. address Syverud’s response several years that At a forum Wednesday night to a list of 18 demands from he’s not capable in Hendricks Chapel, a student #NotAgainSU and demands of his job, so it’s stood up and asked if Syverud from international students. would immediately accept #NotProtesters gave Syverud until no longer his job AgainSU’s demands word-forWednesday at 5 p.m. to sign the #NotAgainSU organizer word. Protesters had waited on demands, which aim to protect his answer for a week. students of color and change “If the question is ‘Can I procampus culture. duce agreement to every word at this instant?’ The At the time. protesters called for the resignation answer is I cannot,” Syverud said. of Syverud, Department of Public Safety Chief Hundreds of protesters then rose out of the pews. Bobby Maldonado, Senior Vice President for the After eight days of protesting in response to at least Student Experience Dolan Evanovich, and Associ12 hate crimes and bias-related incidents reported ate Chief for Law Enforcement John Sardino. The since Nov. 7, the students had heard enough. About university has failed to respond quickly enough 40 minutes into a forum scheduled to last more to racist incidents, and has not allocated enough than an hour, the students funneled into Hendrick’s resources to minority students, they said. main aisle and marched out. Syverud walked back to see demands page 4 By Gabe Stern
asst. news editor
By India Miraglia and Natalie Rubio-Licht the daily orange
Hundreds of people filled the pews of Hendricks Chapel just after 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Forty minutes into the forum, only around 150 people remained. Students, faculty and administrators had gathered at Hendricks to discuss Chancellor Kent Syverud’s response to student demands aiming to protect minority students and change campus culture. #NotAgainSU — a movement led by black students — previously presented Syverud with 18 demands and gave him until 5 p.m. Wednesday to agree to and sign them. The chancellor released his response to the demands in an email sent Tuesday afternoon. But he had not signed them by the time the forum began. In his opening see forum page 4
november hate crimes
Chancellor details hate crimes, bias incidents By Sam Ogozalek
special projects editor
Chancellor Kent Syverud provided several updates on the string of racist and anti-Semitic incidents on or near Syracuse University’s campus in a brief speech to the University Senate on Wednesday. Here are three takeaways from Syverud’s remarks.
Reports of white supremacist manifesto spread via AirDrop “probably a hoax”
The chancellor said it appears that reports of a white supremacist manifesto being sent to students late Monday night via AirDrop were “probably a hoax.” The Department of Public Safety said Tuesday morning that the manifesto, a 74-page creed written by the suspected Christchurch mosque shooter, was allegedly AirDropped see senate page 6