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Students address SSU president's controversial retirement
photo credit: Noah Abrams/KRCBChalk messages left near the former SSU student protest encampment on Person Lawn. An agreement made between former Sonoma State University President Mike Lee and students protesting as part of SSU Students for Justice in Palestine sparked an international flurry of headlines last week. For the first time since Lee was abruptly placed on leave by California State University Chancellor Mildred Garcia, the students who negotiated directly with him and other high level university administrators speak out. Julianna M. directly addressed the new leadership. "We demand that the acting president, address, honor, and act upon these demands set forth,...
Sonoma State encampment to disband as SSU president agrees to divest
photo credit: Noah Abrams/KRCBCommunity guidelines for the SSU Palestine solidarity encampment written by students on the first night of the encampment on April 26, 2024. It was a joyous and unexpected final night for Sonoma State’s Palestine solidarity encampment. Over 19 days after a committed group of SSU students joined the burgeoning college antiwar movement and erected their own protest encampment, university administrators Tuesday evening agreed to the students’ four demands. The agreement comes just four days before Sonoma State's commencement ceremony on May 18. For Vivo, one of the main student organizers at SSU’s encampment, the agreement is cause for celebration. "Whoever's...
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