Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors started setting up an encampment on North Campus Wednesday afternoon, but tore down their tents after law enforcement ordered them to do so.
A federal judge appeared skeptical of YAF’s claim that an SA policy targeted it with a “constitutional injury” by prohibiting the club from becoming its own legal entity.
The call for Schulze’s resignation follows more than a month of protests against hiring cutbacks led by graduate students in the Classics Department.
Of 855 total votes, Turton received 387, a 165-vote lead over Jack Walsh and a 167-vote lead over Cameron Kiner.
The resolution was proposed by UB’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, and was backed by several senators. Paul-Odionhin said the resolution could endanger SA if passed.
Turton provided no details or evidence of the alleged harassment and threats in the final hours of an unusually contentious race for student representative.
Voting is ongoing for UB Council Student Representative, after polls in the three-way race between Alika Turton, Jack Walsh and Cameron Kiner opened Monday morning.
The new prohibition represents a marked change from previous years, when most candidates’ platforms focused on advocacy.
Tickets to SA’s Fest concerts are free for undergraduate students, and must be obtained online through the Ticket Office website.
Spring Fest will be the first Fest concert since Sheck Wes, Corday and Lil Yachty headlined 2023’s Spring Fest a year ago. SA abruptly canceled this year’s Fall Fest in an Instagram post, later citing logistical complications and difficulty booking Alumni Arena as a venue.
The move for a vote comes after revelations about CAS’ financial situation and more than a month of protests led by Classics Department students.
A policy that would introduce a formula for awarding undergraduate clubs supplemental funding failed to pass at the SA Senate Wednesday night, but is likely to emerge in an updated form at the body’s next meeting.
COAL’s freewheeling approach, which calls only for rough estimates of program costs, differs widely from student governments’ more exact spending policies.
UB has “implemented a pause to the undergraduate portion of the budget model” and is conducting a “comprehensive review of [the] undergraduate enrollment plan.”
Most of that funding will be used to hire seven new counselors, bringing the number of counselors to 31.
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) faculty will hold a confidence vote regarding Robin Schulze, the Dean of the college, President Satish Tripathi, and Provost A. Scott Weber in a Faculty Senate Meeting at 4:30 p.m. on April 16 in 190 Norton Hall.
The U.S. News & World Report placed 11 of UB’s 372 graduate and professional programs near the top of its annual rankings of 800 institutions.
UB Sustainability has partnered with Astronomers Without Borders to collect and recycle eclipse glasses on North and South Campus.
University at Buffalo Police will no longer post weekly lists of the incidents and calls to its website, though it will continue to publish monthly logs of reported crimes online.
On March 18, a more-than-nine-minute video chronicling vandalism committed by UB students in a neighborhood near South Campus was uploaded to YouTube.
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