Tagged - SDS

Petition to Protect Student Activism gains traction on campus

“There can be no affirmation of students’ right to free expression without the removal of excessive surveillance and policing, whether that surveillance and policing comes from administration or external enforcement agencies,” Perez told the Campus Times.  Read More

Profiles: Students for a Democratic Society

“We try to keep out of electoral politics as much as possible and focus our energy on community organizing instead,” Schwinghammer said.  Read More

SDS protests field student support, concerns about administration

Last week, as the University ran its annual housing lottery for the upcoming year, SDS continued their protest on housing conditions just outside Wilson Commons. In direct visibility to tour groups frequenting the area, SDS occupied Wilson Quad for several days utilizing donated tents, blankets, and food by other students. A rotating group of students […]

SDS camps out in protest of University housing issues

Beginning Saturday, April 15 and running through Monday, April 17, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) is staging a protest in which they sleep on Wilson Quad in tents in order to protest inequity in housing. As part of their media statement they said, “We’re here as students of the University of Rochester, and […]

SDS is unapologetic about Palestine Awareness Month

SDS' effort to address the injustice occurring in Palestine periodically results in accusations of anti-Semitism and one-sidedness, and this year was no different. Read More

Tensions flare at Palestine awareness event

Tensions boiled over Wednesday night during a Q&A session following the screening of a documentary critical of Israel. Read More

Palestinian Awareness Month is one-sided and misguided

By all accounts, I should be an avid supporter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), but I am anything but. Read More