Five SA assembly members have been referred to SA’s Judicial Review Board after failing to attend mandatory Monday night meetings. This comes after SA was unable to meet quorum for the second time this legislative session. Read more »
While serving as a co-chair of the Central New York Regional Economic Development Council, Chancellor Kent Syverud was a key player in obtaining funds from the Upstate Revitalization Initiative. That initiative gave money to a citizen group recommending a Syracuse city-Onondaga County governments merger. Read more »
The Senate’s resolution regarding Trump’s executive order will serve as the latest in a string of statements and comments made by SU faculty and officials on the travel ban. Syverud denounced the order last week. Read more »
Evangelista was found guilty of violating SA’s bylaw article 4.2, which prohibits any officer from engaging in activity that “can be perceived as coercive, underhanded or manipulative in an attempt to gain an advantage of any kind within the Student Association."
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One bill would require the speaker of the assembly to attend SA meetings, while the other would make it a requirement for cabinet members to attend meetings. SA President Eric Evangelista also discussed an upcoming off-campus surveillance camera initiative.
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Vice Chair of Assembly Relations Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti said the decision has already been made but will be released “in the next couple of days” because the JRB still needs to look through some of the evidence “one more time.” Read more »
Chancellor Kent Syverud announced his opposition to President Donald Trump's controversial executive order on immigration ban on Wednesday. Read more »
Student Association elected new representatives, discussed the investigation into President Eric Evangelista and discussed projects with the Athletic Department and Department of Public Safety. Read more »
As of Monday evening, 244 members of the SU community — most of them faculty members — had signed an online petition urging Chancellor Kent Syveurd to take tougher stance on President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration. Read more »
The decision was originally expected to come on Friday, but Judicial Review Board chair Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti said in a text message that the JRB pushed its deadline to Monday. The decision will be made prior to SA’s assembly meeting at 7:30 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Read more »
The Kochs have attempted to influence legislation by funneling students at Koch-funded research institutes into jobs at Koch-funded think tanks. Read more »
The Whitman School announced in November its plans to create the Institute for an Entrepreneurial Society, funded by a $1.75 million grant from the Charles Koch Foundation. The school’s receipt of the grant has elicited outrage among some SU faculty members. Read more »
Concerns regarding the safety of undocumented students at Syracuse University are growing under President Donald Trump's administration. Chancellor Kent Syverud has twice declined to declare SU a sanctuary campus, but has expressed support for undocumented students. Read more »
Student Association’s Judicial Review Board chair Abdulaziz Al-Sulaiti said the board will give its decision on President Eric Evangelista's alleged SA constitution violation on Friday. Read more »
The Student Association passed a bill Monday night urging Syracuse University to become a "sanctuary campus." The bill was originally introduced to SA in early December. Read more »