USG hosts meeting discussing recent BJL sit-in, minority groups on campus

The Undergraduate Student Government senate convened for a closed meeting on Nov. 21 in light of the recent Black Justice League walk-out and sit-in in Nassau Hall.

The meeting replaced the senate's weekly meeting.

The discussion came just a few days after a 32-hour-long sit-in protestby several members of the BJL in the office of University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83. The sit-in ended on Thursday evening when Eisgruber, members of his administration and student leaders in BJLagreedto a revised list of the students’ demands.

USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said that the senate broke up into small groups for discussion, going over what the USG could do to further improve inclusion on campus. She noted that, while inspired by the BJL’s sit-in and the controversy surrounding petitions in response to the sit-in, the USG’s discussions encompassed the topic of other minority groups as well.

Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian.

Cheng said that the senate will be releasing a public statement regarding the protestsin the next few days.