The Associated Student Government Senate passed a resolution Wednesday to add its signature to the Northwestern People’s Resolution, which calls for the University to protect the civil liberties of pro-Palestinian community members and divest from Israeli institutions. With the passage of the emergency legislation, the resolution — sponsored by NU’s chapters of Educators for Justice.
About two dozen student activists began setting up an encampment on Deering Meadow on Thursday morning to demand Northwestern divest from institutions connected to Israel and protect civil liberties for pro-Palestinian voices. According to a student organizer, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, the students intend to remain on Deering Meadow until the.
Northwestern Hillel released a statement Thursday on the ongoing encampment set up by pro-Palestinian student activists on Deering Meadow and a Wednesday evening vote by the Associated Student Government Senate to sign onto a People’s Resolution calling for NU divestment from Israeli institutions. The statement said the protest reflects “a disturbing and quickly escalating trend.
The Associated Student Government Senate elected a new Student Group Caucus whip and appointed three senators to the Board of Financial Review on Wednesday. Weinberg freshman and Alianza Senator Britney Perez was elected Student Group Caucus whip in an uncontested election. In her new position, Perez will coordinate with her fellow student group senators to.
As a part of its ongoing elections and appointments for the new year, the Associated Student Government Senate swore in a new deputy speaker of the Senate and elected three new Rules Committee members at its Wednesday meeting. Weinberg sophomore Melissa Kusi-Amponsah was appointed deputy speaker by Weinberg sophomore and newly-elected Speaker Grace Houren. Kusi-Amponsah.