Outgoing Student Government President Edwin Santos alerted members to the recent Student Code of Conduct notice regarding indoor protests from American University in the Faculty Senate. meeting April 21st.
The notification came after two protests (one outdoors) organized by SG. protest new eagle day indoor and outdoor protests At the welcome reception for incoming president Jonathan Alger. Both protests called on the university to reverse its January 25 decision. Indoor protests prohibited and poster guidelines.
The current and incoming executive committees released the following reports. statement During the Faculty Senate meeting after Santos' announcement, an email and Instagram titled “Letter to the Administration: Reverse policies that limit student advocacy and rescind Probation for Students for Justice in Palestine” appealed.
“Student Government argues that this vagueness allows the university to unfairly apply this policy in a targeted manner to student organizations that disagree with its mission,” Student Government said in a statement. “We ask that you rescind the policy enacted on January 25th and commit to ensuring that the student body never enacts policies in future semesters that stifle student rights and expression. Masu.”
“We have indeed received notice of a potential violation of the Student Code of Conduct,” Santos said during the Senate meeting. “That being said, a public hearing is being held to discuss what that means, what it looks like, and the potential consequences that the university may decide to have.”
Santos acknowledged that this violation was specifically against the SG as an organization, not its members who took part in the protests.
Regarding who will represent the SG at the public hearing, Santos said at the meeting, “As chairman, I received an email and as an electronic board member, I have no idea who should, who can, who wants to do it, or who will be able to do it.” We will have a discussion.”
Possible repercussions include disciplinary probation similar to what SJP announced on April 8 following a silent protest indoors, according to Asa Mack, deputy director of the Center for Student Engagement. It is said that there is a possibility.
“I can say that I will work with the student government throughout this process,” Mack said at the meeting. “If I had to guess, the worst-case scenario would probably be probation like the one SJP received. I don't think anything beyond that would be in the best interest of the university.”
Santos said a hearing date has not yet been set and he looks forward to hearing more information on the matter.
“We were expecting to hear from the Office of Student Responsibility and Restoration regarding the violations due to the protests we led on April 10th and 12th,” said outgoing Vice President and President-elect Alusa Islam. said in a statement. Eagle. “American University Student Government stands ready to defend our actions to represent and defend the rights of all students on campus.”
This article was edited by Kathryn Squires, Tyler Davis, and Abigail Turner. Copy editing by Luna Jinks.
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