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- A protest movement formed at Syracuse University earlier this month in response to a series of disturbing racist incidents on campus.
- The leaders of #NotAgainSU staged a sit-in of the campus health center and refused to leave until the chancellor agreed to their 19 demands, something he did in part on Thursday.
- But some of the students Insider spoke to disagreed with some of the changes the movement was calling for, especially that minority students be allowed to specifically demand a roommate of the same race.
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SYRACUSE, New York — Protests erupted at Syracuse University earlier this month in response to a barrage of racist incidents on campus.
Hundreds of students staged a sit-in at the campus' main gym last week, refusing to leave until the chancellor agreed to all 19 of their demands.
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