SU chancellor responds to student sit-in demands as racist incidents continue

, Syverud agrees with most of the students’ demands, which includes $1 million towards anti-racism curriculum, clarity in the Code of Student Conduct, and notification of racially-motivated incidents within 48 hours.

Sophomore Caleb Sheedy has been helping with the student sit-in. Sheedy said some of Syverud’s answers are vague and he’s concerned. “If this is the response he’s going to stand by, students are not going to be happy with this," Sheedy said."Lack of communication has been a big issue with this entire movement as a whole. And it’s going to get in the way with solving these issues in a peaceful manner where we can all just calmly agree with a solution.”

Sheedy said it was heartbreaking to see the fear in student’s eyes Monday night. That’s when one of the latest incidents, a white supremacist manifesto from the New Zealand mass shooting earlier this year, was reportedly posted online and sent to several phones at the SU library.The Syracuse Police Department has taken the lead in launching criminal investigations into that incident and another involving a swastika drawn in snow. They’re working with state police, the FBI and SU’s public safety.

“As the investigation continues, we have two primary purposes," Buckner said."The first is we want to try to find the individual that released that manifesto that put that online. We also want to make sure that there are no viable, credible threats against the university or anywhere in our city.”Gov.

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