The Gaudie •

SU announces new banking system

by Fred Byrne and Reilly Norgren
A new banking system for societies and clubs will see individual bank accounts scrapped in favour of one account handled by the Students’ Union.
Explaing at October’s Student Council, VP Activities Tõnis Tilk says the changes will require SU staff to approve each transaction from one central account, promising that payment requests will be checked 3 times per day.
Fourteen activities will trial the new system, before all societies make the transition.
Committee m...
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Maxed-out loans cover half of summer tuition

As school ends and temperatures rise, most students have left the University of Oregon campus for summer break. For some, the summertime heralds the start of yet another academic term — but the cost can be high.
Hundreds of courses are being offered during the summer both on campus and online for UO students. Financial aid during the summer term can be more limited than the school year, leaving students with fewer payment options to choose from when paying tuition.
During this summer, 684 course...
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Pro-Palestine students, faculty ask UO Board of Trustees to divest during public comment session

Pro-Palestine students and faculty asked the UO Board of Trustees to “pressure” the university to divest from companies associated with Israel and criticized UO President John Karl Scholz for his position regarding the Israel-Hamas war at the board’s June 4 meeting.
Speakers criticized the nature of UO’s investments and demanded that the UO foundation divest from companies that have financial ties with Israel. These companies include Hewlett-Packard and Boeing which are alleged to have financial...
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Pro-Palestine protestors interrupt investiture ceremony for UO President Scholz

Pro-Palestine protestors interrupted UO President John Karl Scholz’ investiture ceremony, held inside Matthew Knight Arena, demanding that the university divest and disclose investments from companies “profiting off of genocide.”

The protestors, who left after UO police arrived, then smeared red paint on windows and on the Duck statue outside of the arena.

The UO investiture ceremony is a celebration of the “formal installation” of Scholz as president of the university.

In an email statement...
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Five pro-Palestine protestors unchain from Johnson Hall after 100 hours, rally follows

The University of Oregon Coalition for Palestine held a “100 Hours in Chains” rally to show support for the five students who previously chained themselves to Johnson Hall’s pillars for 100 hours.

In order to “move forward,” the five unchained from the building.

“Any faith we had in the administration to listen to us in response to our actions has been misplaced,” one protestor said. “We must unchain ourselves to move forward, to reset, to re-energize.”

The protestor said that unchaining was...
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Pro-Palestine demonstrators rally inside Johnson Hall

At 10 a.m. on May 10, the UO Coalition for Palestine held an emergency rally that marched from its encampment on the Memorial Quad to Johnson Hall, the UO administration building. Demonstrators entered and rallied inside Johnson Hall, leaving behind thousands of paper strips with slogans including “We charge UO w/ genocide!”

Approximately 100 demonstrators gathered at the Memorial Quad, where the ongoing pro-Palestine encampment is being held. The demonstrators had set up two tables in the lawn...
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How ASUO passed its BDS resolution within 30 hours

Correction: A previous version of this article misquoted a speaker, Diego Duarte, as saying: “I strongly urge this body to amend the resolution to include anywhere on statement recognizing the ongoing genocide of Palestinian people.” The article has been corrected to cite the proper quote stated by Duarte.
Just 53 minutes before midnight on May 8, the Associated Students of the University of Oregon passed a Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions resolution calling for the divestment from the “Military-I...