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<div dir="ltr">I am not sure you are all appraised of the current negotiations between the UO administration and the encamped students as news have been largely muffled. The negotiating team gave the students a two-day ultimatum yesterday afternoon, with this
letter: <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://freespeech.uoregon.edu/uo-response-encampment-demands">
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<div dir="ltr">without any offers to move the dial on either our academic programs on the Middle</div>
<div dir="ltr">East or on our administration's commitment to a more transparent and ethical approach to investments. </div>
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<div dir="ltr">In the face of an impervious administration, with a president who is not even yet vested formally, but who is already prepared to strike at peaceful protests, we need to be prepared and proactive as this action will further erode our place in
the state and the nation and damage our campus climate and lack of trust, <span style="font-size: inherit;">driving it to even lower levels.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: inherit;">I would like to <b>co-sponsor new legislation to create a student-staff-faculty task force to work on ethical and legal frameworks to oversee Oregon Foundation investments and Academic Priorities</b>. The guiding
principle is simple: Donors transform their private dollars into public money by getting a tax break through donating to us. And yet, they don't own us. They should not have the final word on our academic mission or on our investment in knowledge production.
We have gone too far into this model of lack of accountability and a task force and emerging legislations derived from it will reaffirm that the educational mission and our academic freedom are both preserved from undue influences. Please write to me directly
if you would like to work on this motion.</span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">Regardless of where you may stand on what’s happening in Gaza, or the recognition of the state of Palestine, which many EU countries are pushing for in the UN as I write these lines, this is not at all an issue about regular party politics, but
about the ability to voice dissent here and now and to transform an educational institution to put its dollars and resources where it puts its words. <span></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr">With great concern, yours,</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 7, 2024 4:46:25 PM<br>
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<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 10:41</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">AM<br>
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<b>Subject: </b>Update on the letter from the Senate and list serve guidelines reminder.</span></p>
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which we plan to send to the President on Wednesday at noon. </span></p>
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University Senate Vice President<br>
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Undergraduate Degree Program Director<br>
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