The Provost told faculty organizers they had to reschedule a planned screening of the Palestinian documentary “No Other Land” in Wang Theatre because it fell on the same day as Yom HaShoah, they said.
SBU students took to the fountain on Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s revocation of 11 international students’ visas. Their demands to the University include financial support for international students, filing a restraining order against Immigration and Customs Enforcement and more.
In the texts, administrators discussed plans to build a Panopticon on the Staller Steps, move Lot 40 to Coram, build submarines for dorms, deforest the Ashley Schiff preserve to build a Walmart supercenter and more.
At SBU, students and faculty accused the administration of blocking pro-Palestine speech through police force and organizational restrictions. School officials denied this.
Pro-Palestine student groups across the U.S. have not been supported by university administrations. Instead, these groups have been faced with Islamophobia, censorship and blatant, violent hate crimes on their own campuses.
On Tuesday, March 26, a pro-Palestine demonstration led by organizers of the Stony Brook University’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine ended with the arrest of nine protesters in Stony Brook University’s Administration Building.
Stony Brook’s slogan, “far beyond,” encourages students, faculty, alumni and staff to show their pride. However, if the home of the Seawolves wants to truly go far beyond, it needs to solve the administration issues that continue to haunt its students.
While police officers and administration workers watched the protest from the second floor, protestors congregated around the spiral staircase and the dinosaur skeleton that decorates the lobby. The main lobby was illuminated by the sunlight that penetrated through the glass ceiling. As the group shared their stories, they drew solidarity from their collective struggle.
After putting our thumbs up our asses for the past week, the administration has come to the following conclusion:
Fuck you.