The Faculty Senate votes on a resolution condemning the police response to the May 1 protests

The Faculty Senate will vote next Tuesday on whether a letter signed by more than 220 faculty members. The letter demands that UB drop charges against pro-Palestinian protesters Arrested Wednesday nightreview UB police protocols and initiate an investigation into spontaneous changes to picketing and gathering policies on campus.

The resolution A vote on the letter was proposed by geography professor Sara Metcalf during the Faculty Senate Executive Committee meeting Tuesday afternoon. It was adopted with 10 votes in favour, 2 against and 2 abstentions.

UB President Satish Tripathi and Provost A. Scott Weber were present at the meeting. Tripathi read a statement about the police operation on campus on Wednesday, emphasizing that the UB “must ensure the safety of (the) entire university.”

Zanaya Hussain, an e-board member of the UB branch of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), spoke in favor of holding the vote. She told senators that her experience on campus Wednesday made her feel unsafe.

“As students, we have learned about injustice and oppression in our classes and then we are expected to remain silent in the face of it,” Hussain said. “We are expected to comply even when our First Amendment rights are being violated right in front of our eyes, and to comply with authority even when we find it inappropriate… I’m not proud of that, Student an to be at the University of Buffalo if they don’t. “I don’t care about me or my friends at all.”

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Mylien Lai is deputy arts editor at The spectrum. Aside from getting lost in Buffalo, she enjoys practicing piano and being a mother to bean plants. She can be found on Instagram at @my_my_my_myliennnn.

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