12 CommentsThe Student Affairs Committee Executive Committee has released a statement on Friday’s Rules of University Conduct Town Hall. The full statement can be found below:
In response to the reports surrounding the Rules of University Conduct Town Hall yesterday, we wanted to provide an update to the community.
Based on the the information that has been published, it’s our understanding that no Senate rules on confidentiality were broken. We have spoken to Jared and Sejal, and we’re pleased to confirm that both will be remaining on the committee as strong student advocates and participating in a process which needs student voices. We appointed them to the committee so that undergraduate voices could be heard in the drafting process and we know they have done a great job.
We’re proud of the turnout and student interest in the town hall and rules committee process and look forward to continuing these crucial conversations.
Student Affairs Committee (SAC) Executive Committee
Zila Acosta (CLS ’15), Will Zvara (CBS ’15), and Marc Heinrich (CC ’16)
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@huh? so their friends found them not guilty, shocking i must say. who would have ever thought that would happen? i love how all of the “activists” bristle at questions about their methods, but if the people who oppose them had done the same thing, well time to hold a protest(provided the weather is nice and we can get the media there). also loving how since they really don’t have facts to support claims of not having violated the rules, someone chose to bust out both the race and gender cards, “women of color in a position of leadership”, while basically using the other persons gender and race “white man” as a pejorative to change the conversation. i had higher expectations from columbia students, though i am not sure why. ok let their activist buddies begin their attacks on me
@Anonymous Wait…
So did neither Spec nor Bwog actually just ask Jared or Sejal whether the allegations were true?
Really? No?
@CC '15 Consistently and forever grateful to the time and energy these two put into showing up to meetings, listening to people’s needs, and tirelessly working to advocate for students, especially students with marginalized identities. I can only speak from personal experience, but I’ve found them to be receptive to criticism–if you have problems, honestly maybe you should try reaching out to them instead of shitting on other students in the Bwog comments.
@Serpent LOL, so their friends vindicated them and you’re celebrating as if it’s a great victory. This was bound to happen. I don’t see anything here except corruption.
@NRT Once again, Jared Odessky and Sejal Singh escape any sort of culpability for their actions on campus. Anyone who looked through the version changes on google docs knows that Jared wrote 80 percent of it, and Sejal made all the initial edits.
I think that it’s unfair that students who are friendly with administrators get out of trouble while still pretending to be just like us who actually put their necks on the line to protest on this campus. Sejal Singh in particular has repeatedly claimed credit and ownership of activism on this campus while doing very little on her own.
@As an actual activist actually in NRT You absolutely are not part of my group and you do not speak for me, us, or any other student activist on this campus. Regardless of how much either of them had to do with this event, their necks are far more on the line than any of ours. They could literally get suspended, and that isn’t an issue for us (wrt to this document. It’s definitely been an issue in other arenas).
For fucks sake, show some respect to activism on this campus. We have been hauling ass trying to make this happen and have been lucky to have student senators who are on our side. If you were actually an activist you wouldn’t jepordize that support.
@Anonymous How can you be so sure they aren’t part of your group? Or that they don’t speak for any other activist?
@As an actual activist actually in NRT because I know everyone in NRT and we know how much support Sejal has given us (or attempted to give us. There’s been some weird racism in the group I’m not going to go into now). We know who our real enemies are. They are not Sejal or Jared. And if you think they are, even after how brilliantly activists pulled off that Town Hall, you really don’t deserve to call yourself an activist.
I just think it’s super convenient that the woman of color in a position of leadership gets thrown under the bus while the white man in the same position basically escapes sanction.
@Anonymous activists showing up to a Town Hall
>brilliant
@Anonymous Most people involved with actvism know full well about SS’s desire to be quoted and seen up front as THE chief activist, and how that has embittered a lot of folks.
@Honestly That’s Zoe Ridolfi Starr’s role. She’s much more ready to thrust herself into the limelight than Sejal, who always actively looks for other activists to answer media (for example) rather than take it herself.
@Rue Yes! glad to hear a sensible decision was made.