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Student Protesters Request The Board Of Trustees Show Up Student Protesters Request The Board Of Trustees Show Up

The board has the power to put students' demand in effect.

By Mingjun Hou

(MingJun Hou)
The negotiating meeting has lasted for one and a half hours. However, no actual implement has been decided yet. They have scheduled another meeting next Monday.
Students are requesting the Board of Trustees to show on the next Monday’s meeting. Because they are the one who has power to change things.

(Student Organizer)
“We just want to make sure they are there and their presence. Because you know the power they have. Funding and allocation.. So we urge, urge they are there.”

(MingJun Hou)
Last night, protesters blocked two streets near Syracuse University for about two hours in order to force school administrations to show up on the meeting.

(Protesters)
“DPS, who do you protect”

(MingJun Hou)
While students were keeping questioning the campus police, the Syracuse University DPS Union sends a seven-page letter today morning. The letter claims their officers were verbally abused and had food and other items thrown at them when they were on duty.
The union also points out that the movement has fabricated a negative image of DPS, that is not only totally inaccurate but also completely contrary to the purpose of DPS.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y (NCC NEWS) — –Student protesters asked Syracuse University’s Board of Trustees to show up at a meeting  next Monday after no agreements came out of a 90-minute negotiation Thursday  between SU administrators and  student organizers.  The administrators claimed that they had limited power to change things without the presence of the Board of Trustees.

The protest movement is known as NotAgain SU.
The protest movement is known as NotAgain SU.
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While student protesters kept questioning and blaming the campus police (DPS), the campus police union said its  officers were receiving unfair treatments in this protest. The union sent a seven-page letter to Chancellor Kent Syverud Thursday,  pointing out that DPS officers were verbally and physically abused by student protesters. It said the protest movement had fabricated a negative and inaccurate image of DPS.

The negotiating meeting was live streamed  on NotAgain SU’s Instagram. Although school administrators said the  recording made it hard to speak freely, student organizers insisted that recording was necessary and transparent. Students said Monday’s meeting will also be live streamed on Instagram.

Student protestors blocked traffic for nearly two hours Wednesday at the intersection of S. Crouse and Waverly Avenues (see the map below). Most wore  black masks  in order to protect themselves.

Protesters sat at the corner of South Crouse and Waverly Avenues Wednesday .

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Mingjun Hou

MingJun Hou is a senior Broadcast and Digital Journalism student of Newhouse School at Syracuse University. Worked as an intern assistant director of China Central Television (CCTV) in 2019; an intern reporter at Ningxia TV in 2017.

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