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S.A. Resolution #23 1 Providing Financial Support for visiting students from the Universidad de Puerto 2

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ABSTRACT: This resolution would allocate part of the Student Assembly surplus towards providing 5 support for visiting students from the Universidad de Puerto Rico. 6 7 Sponsored by: Omar Din ’19, Marco Peralta-Ochoa ‘21 8 9 Whereas, Puerto Rico was recently hit by Hurricane Maria, and a recent report estimates that 60 percent 10 of the people are still without electricity, and many also lack running and potable water, and; 11 12 Whereas, Cornell University was founded as an institution where any person can find instruction in any 13 study, and; 14 15 Whereas, Cornell University will be hosting up to 58 students from the Universidad de Puerto Rico 16 starting in January of 2018 to ensure that they have continued access to higher education, and; 17 18 Whereas, Cornell University is providing the funding for these students’ tuition, room and board, and; 19 20 Whereas, These students still face considerable economic burden in order to pay for airfare, winter 21 clothing, books, school supplies, and food, and; 22 23 Whereas, In response to this Cornell University has started a crowdsourcing campaign asking the 24 community to donate towards helping financially support the visiting students before December 6th, and; 25 26 Whereas, The University has stated that “Our goal, based on current estimates, is to raise at least 27 $40,000 to help meet student needs.” and; 28 29 Whereas, $40,000 divided among 58 students does not adequately cover the plethora of costs 30 associated with moving to Ithaca, and purchasing the supplies necessary to perform at Cornell, 31 and; 32 33 Whereas, After the University of Puerto Rico students complete their semester, winter clothing and 34 textbooks can be donated and distributed to low income Cornell students, and; 35 36 Whereas, The Student Assembly is currently operating with a budget surplus of over $150,000, and; 37 38 Whereas, The Student Assembly passed resolution 40 on March 23, 2016 with the intent of allocating the 39 surplus over various diversity and minority student support programs, and; 40 41 Whereas, The Student Assembly did not work to allocate or follow through on the funding decision it 42 agreed on through passing that resolution. 43 44

Originally Presented on: (11/30/2017) Type of Action: Legislation Status/Result: New Business


Be it therefore resolved, that the Student Assembly recognizes and applauds the University’s work to 45 provide opportunities for students from the University of Puerto Rico and stand with them and their 46 families during this difficult time in their academic, professional and personal lives, and; 47 48 Be it further resolved, that the Student Assembly allocate $10,000 of its surplus to the School of 49 Continuing Education’s University of Puerto Rico support fund, and; 50 51 Be it further resolved, that those funds are earmarked to only be allocated to, and limited to, the visiting 52 students from the Universidad de Puerto Rico for the spring 2018 semester, and; 53 54 Be it further resolved, that the University be charged with the responsibility of distributing the money 55 from the University of Puerto Rico students support fund, as fairly as possible, taking into consideration 56 the actual needs and interests of the University of Puerto Rico students themselves, and 57 58 Be it further resolved, that the guidelines for granting the Student Assembly’s contribution to the aid be 59 as follows: 60

"Allowable expenses include (but are not limited to): books, school supplies, food, winter 61 clothing, and moving and travel expenses. Prohibited usage of the grant includes (but is not 62 limited to): substitution for income and transfer of funds to other students." 63

64 Be it finally resolved that the School of Continuing Education will report back to the Student Assembly 65 at the end of the spring semester regarding the number of students who have been served by the Student 66 Assembly's contribution. 67 68 Respectfully Submitted, 69 70 Omar Din ‘19 71 Board Member, Muslim Educational & Cultural Association 72 Human Ecology Representative, Student Assembly 73 74 Marco Antonio Peralta-Ochoa ‘21 75 Freshman Representative, Student Assembly 76 Freshman Representative, La Asociación Latina 77 VP Communications, First Generation Student Union 78 79 The Puerto Rican Students Association 80 2017-2018 Executive Board 81 82 Chris Arce ‘19 83 Co-President, Puerto Rican Students Association 84 Vice-President, Cornell Welcomes Refugees 85 Board Member, Christian Union at Cornell 86 87 La Asociación Latina 88 2017-2018 Executive Board 89 90


Arky Asmal 91 La Asociación Latina (LAL) | Co-Chair 92 Refresh Bolivia Cornell Chapter| Vice President 93 Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. | Vice 94 President 95 96 Ehab Ebeid ‘19 97 President emeritus, Muslim Educational & Cultural Association 98 99 Samir Durvasula M. Eng ‘18 100 Ex Officio, South Asian Council 101 102 Tarannum Sahar ‘20 103 President, Cornell Welcomes Refugees 104 105 Shivani Parikh ‘19 106 President, South Asian Council 107 Asian Pacific Americans for Action 108 109 Anuush Vejalla ‘20 110 Vice President, South Asian Council 111 Secretary, Hindu Student Council 112 113 Carunya (Caro) Achar ‘18 114 Student Organizer, Cornell Organization for Labor Action 115 Ex-Officio, South Asian Council 116 117 Aliza Adhami ‘19 118 Co-President, Pakistani Students Association 119 Advocacy Chair, South Asian Council 120 Human Ecology Dean’s Advisory Council 121 122 Samir Salih ‘19 123 Board Member, Men of Color Council 124 Board Member, Islamic Alliance for Justice 125 126 Dean Xu ‘18 127 President, International Students Union 128 129 Salma Shitia ‘18 130 President emeritus, Arab Student Association 131 President emeritus, Cornell Welcomes Refugees 132 133 Venus Dulani ‘19 134 President, Big Red Bikes 135


136 Vivian Vázquez ‘18 137 President, Cuban American Student Association 138 139 Jean Jimenez ‘20 140 Board Member, Quisqueya; The Dominican Student Association 141 142 Emma Badini ‘20 143 G-Body Organizer, Climate Justice Cornell 144 145 Richard Escobar ‘18 146 Vice-President of Internal Affairs, ALANA Intercultural Board 147 148 Christopher Talavera ‘19 149 President, Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. 150 151 Annika Rockhill ‘19 152 Board Member, Minority ILR Student Organization 153 Political Action Committee Member, Black Students United 154 155 Sonya Chyu ‘19 156 Student Staff 157 Sustainable Cornell 158 159 Jaëlle Sanon ‘19 160 First Generation Student Liaison At-Large Representative, Student Assembly 161 162 Miguel Martinez 163 DREAM Team and First Generation Student Union member 164 165 Jaelyn Chinchilla ‘19 166 Treasurer, Sigma Lambda Upsilon/ Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Inc. 167 Treasurer, Pre-Medical Minority Mentorship Program (Pre-M3) 168 169 Irving Torres-Lopez ‘18 170 Latino Living Center Resident 171 Student Staff, Latina/o Studies Program 172 Lambda Theta Phi Latin Fraternity, Inc. 173 174 Jazmin Aguilar-Romero ‘18 175 Science Organization of Latinxs, Co-Chair 176 SACNAS, Conference Chair 177 178 Andrea Hernandez ‘18 179 Recruitment Chair, MEChA 180


181 Claudia Torres ‘19 182 Captain, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 183 Member, Puerto Rican Students Association 184 Latino Living Center Resident 185 186 Cassandra Proo ‘20 187 Treasurer, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. 188 Latina/o Studies Program, Intern 189 Latino Living Center, Out of House Member 190 191 Alina Amador Loyola ‘19 192 Co-President, Puerto Rican Students Association 193 194 Carley Rojas Avila ‘19 195 Graduate Student Advisor, Mayor Potencial 196 197 Nathaniel Vasquez ‘18 198 Quisqueya, Member 199 La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc., Vice President and Treasurer 200 Biology Scholars Program, President 201 202 Tatiana Suero ‘19 203 National Society of Minorities in Hospitality 204 205 Walter Salas ‘19 206 207 Llarsania Galloza ‘20 208 Public Relations Chair, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 209 Member, Puerto Rican Students Association 210 Member, Quisqueya 211 Latino Living Center Resident 212 213 Harleigh McLellan 20’ 214 215 Jackie Dean 19’ 216 217 Isaiah Wilson 19’ 218 Board Member, Men of Color Council 219 220 Mariely Medina-Rivera 20’ 221 Food Science and Technology PhD Student 222 Food Science Department 223 224 Natalia Hernandez ‘21 225


VP of Alumni Affairs, Lending Library 226 Co-Marketing Chair, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 227 Latino Living Center Representative, Residential Student Congress 228 229 Adriana Herrera ‘20 230 MEChA Chair 231 Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble Secretary 232 Latino Living Center Resident 233 234

Tiffany Fotopoulos 18’ 235 Cornell DREAM Team 236 MEChA 237 Cornell Farmworker Program Intern 238 239 Jade Pinero ‘19 240 241 Daniela Manzano ‘19 242 Board Member, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers 243 Board Member, Cornell University Program Board 244 245 Roland Babmatee ‘21 246 Board member, Hindu Student Council 247 248 Noah Chovanec ‘18 249 Executive Vice President, Class of 2018 Council 250 Former School of Industrial and Labor Relations Representative, Student Assembly 251 252 Jennifer F. Siranaula ‘19 253 VP of Administrative Affairs, Pre-Medical Minority Mentorship Program (Pre-M3) 254 Co-Vice President, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 255 Out of House Member, Latino Living Center 256 257 José Covarrubias ‘19 258 President, Acacia Fraternity 259 260 Alyssa Watson ‘19 261 External Chair, Coalition of Pan-African Scholars 262 263 Georgina Cedeno ‘21 264 265 Grismely Acevedo ‘20 266 Co-captain, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 267 Co-chair, Quisqueya (Dominican Student Association) 268 269


Catherine Li ‘18 270 271 Jordan Kelly’ 20 272 273 Elijah Ruiz ‘19 274 275 Adam Spaulding-Astudillo ‘20 276 Co-Alumni chair, sabor latino dance ensemble; 277 Resident, Latino Living Center 278 279 Jesse Pollard ‘18 280 CALS Representative, Student Assembly 281 282 Drew Lord ’18 283 IFC President 284 285 Ciara Cox ‘18 286 287 Isaiah Murray ‘19 288 President, Sabor Latino Dance Ensemble 289 290 Lissie Elorza ‘20 291 Resident, LLC 292 293 Cecilia Faringer-Perez, ILR ‘18 294 Amnesty International 295 296 Amairani Marin Tovar ‘20 297 Community Outreach Chair, Science Organization of Latinos 298 Latina/o Studies Program Representative 299 300 Tatiana Lieberman ‘21 301 302 Drake Avila ‘21 303 304 Miguel Soto ‘20 305 306 Gabriela Mino ‘21 307 308 Noel Reyes ‘18 309 310 Javier Pareja ‘19 311 Member, Puerto Rican Students Association 312 Latina/o Studies Program 313 314


Rebecca Burd ‘20 315 President, Russian Jewish Club 316 317 Victor Aguilar M.S. ‘17 318 Staff Writer, Cornell Daily Sun 319 320 Steeven Campoverde ‘18 321 322 Luiza Baroni ‘21 323 324 Edem Dzodzomenyo ‘20 325 Member, Appropriations Committee 326 Former Freshman Representative, Student Assembly 327 328 Stephen Ramirez ‘20 329 Member, Biology Scholars Program 330 Member, First Generation Student Union 331 332 Julia Siegel ‘21 333 334 Marina Hernandez ‘20 335 336 Samantha Romero Zavala ‘19 337 ILR Representative, Student Assembly 338 339 Sarah Park ‘20 340 Women’s Representative, Student Assembly 341 President, Class Council of 2020 342 343 Courtney Velez ‘19 344 345 Anne Riley ‘18 346 Treasurer, Cornell Welcomes Refugees 347 Chief Administrative Officer, Kappa Alpha Theta 348 349 Piragash Swargaloganathan ‘19 350 Member, Students for Justice in Palestine. 351 352 Hannah Chow ‘19 353 354 Angelica Melecio Piñeiro ‘19 355 Cornell Law School 356 357 Nayara Luna Guzmán ‘19 358 359


Megan Andújar ‘21 360 361 Bianca Murillo ‘21 362 363 Carlos Ventura ‘20 364 Treasurer, Quisqueya (Cornell’s Dominican Student Association) 365 Marketing & Publicity Coordinator, CU IMAGE 366 367 Lizbeth Lucero ‘20 368 Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, CU IMAGE 369 Member, M.E.Ch.A. 370 Member, McNair Scholar 371 Member, Pre Professional Programs (C-Step) 372 373 Irma Almirall-Padamsee, Ph.D. ‘84 374 Former Interim Director of the Latino Studies Program and retired Director of Multicultural Affairs, The Johnson 375 School 376 377 Jeremy Gartland ‘18 378 President, The Men of Last Call 379 Executive Board Member, Christian Union 380 381 Claudia Ponce de León 382 Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/ Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. 383 Cornell University '20| College of Engineering 384 Cuban American Student Association, Treasurer 385 386 Kiara Olmeda ‘19 387 Diversity Chair, Kappa Alpha Theta 388 Director of Workshops, Cornell Dancers’ Alliance 389 Member, Patient Care Advocacy Team 390 391 Kimberly St Fleur ‘21 392 Cornell Tradition Fellow 393 Member, Christian Union 394 395 Noah Gonzalez ‘18 396 Captain, Varsity Sprint Football 397 Recruitment Chair, Delta Chi 398 Vice President, Cornell Barbell Club 399 400 Brianna Barrett ‘18 401 President, Multicultural Greek Letter Council 402 403 Sarah Johnson ‘18 404


President, Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. 405 406 Jason Gurtman ‘18 407 President, Alpha Phi Omega - Gamma Chapter 408 409 Emma Birch ‘20 410 Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar 411 Member, Biology Scholars Program 412 413 Amber Vasquez 414 Member, Latina/o Graduate Student Coalition 415 416 Valerie Guzman 417 Member, National Society of Minorities in Hospitality 418 419 Andres Sanchez ‘21 420 421 Vanessa Sepulveda ‘21 422 423 Dae Gun Chung Kim ‘19 424 Founder and President of Latino Christian Community 425 426 Evan Shapiro ‘19 427 College of Arts and Sciences Representative, Student Assembly 428 429 David De La Fuente ‘21 430 431 Isabela Pereira Motta ‘18 432 433 Dalia Mota ‘21 434 435 Dillon Kellerman ‘19 436 437 Elizabeth Cavic, ‘18 438 Service Chair, Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity 439 Diversity and Inclusion Chair, Phi Sigma Pi National Honor Fraternity 440 Member, Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Incorporated. 441 442 Bonnie Carolina Acosta ‘16 443 444 Sofia Nieves ‘19 445 446 Kathleen Curtin ‘19 447 448 Juana Munoz Ucros ‘19 449


450 Fiorella Atoche ‘20 451 Latina/o Studies Program Representative 452 453 Jared Hornsberry ‘21 454 Cornell Undergraduate Law and Society Review 455 456 Julia Pacheco-Cole ‘17 457 Latinas Promoviendo Comunidad/Lambda Pi Chi Sorority, Inc. 458 459 Mo Ayodele ‘18 460 461 Sara Tayara ‘20 462 463 Sharonee Vaca ‘19 464 Resident of Latino Living Center 465 466 Clady Corona ‘19 467 Treasurer, Cornell Lending Library 468 469 Nabiha Qudsi ‘18 470 President, Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Life 471 Co-President, Cornell Interfaith Council 472 473 Anum Hussain ‘19 474 Vice President, Committee for the Advancement of Muslim Life 475 476 Khaddy Kebbeh ‘19 477 478 Lizbeth Cordova ‘19 479 President, Latino American Law Student Association 480 481 Stephanie Lin ‘19 482 Co-Director of Mentorship Initiatives, CAPSU 483 Performance Coordinator, alpha Kappa Delta Phi 484 Social Chair, Cornell Taiwanese American Society 485 486 Tyler Rodriguez ‘21 487 488 Alana Dass ‘20 489 490 Zaynub Ibrahim ‘18 491 492 Rashaad Ahmad ‘18 493 President of Alpha Lambda Mu, Gamma Chapter- First Muslim-Interest Fraternity 494


495 Max Lifflander ‘18 496 Student Manager Coordinator, Cornell Dining 497 498 Kristen Vergara ‘20 499 500 Olaa Mohamed ‘21 501 502 503 504

Aminah Taariq ‘21 505 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 506 Member, Environmental Committee 507 Member, Academic Policy and Program Committee 508 509 Shura Zeryck 510 511 Elia Morelos ‘21 512 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 513 514 Moriah Adeghe ‘21 515 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 516 Member, Academic Policy Committee 517 Member, Communications Committee 518 519 Isabelle Aboaf ‘21 520 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 521 522 Cheryl Kalapura ‘20 523 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 524 Treasurer, Society of India 525 526 Jonvi Rollins ‘20 527 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee 528 Member, Financial Aid Review Committee 529 530 Shura Zeryck 531 532 Anya Osatuke 533 534 Ian Wallace ‘20 535 LGBTQ+ Representative, Student Assembly 536 Board Member, Cornell Welcomes Refugees 537 538


Travis Cabbell ‘18 539 Director of Elections, Student Assembly 540 541 Mazen Ibrahim ‘19 542 Treasurer, Arab Student Association 543 544 Natalia Sanchez Hernandez ‘19 545 546 Hepeng Jia 547 Chinese Visiting Scholar/Student Association (CVSA) 548 549 Marie Zwetsloot ‘18 550 551 Anne A. Kearney ‘20 552 President, Society of Edible Horticulture 553 554 Hannah Heyman ‘20 555 556 Prateek Sehgal 557 558 Grant Thompson ‘18 559 Vice President, Society of Edible Horticulture 560 561 Roanne Yehia ‘20 562 563 Michael R. Buche 564 565 Khatrina Te ‘21 566 567 Jared Enriquez ‘20 568 PhD Student, College of Architecture, Art, & Planning 569 570 Aaliya Khan ‘19 571 Vice President of Finance, ALANA 572 Vice President, Pakistani Students Association 573 574 Cornell Asian and Pacific Islander Student Union 575 576 Robert Hendricks ‘17 JD ‘19 577 President, Christian Legal Society 578 579 Hannah Swegarden ‘20 580 Secretary, SIPS Graduate Student Association 581 582 Aisha Rupasingha ‘18 583


584 Shovan Dutta 585 Physics Graduate Student 586 587 Christopher Hanna ‘18 588 Organizer with Amnesty International at Cornell University and the Tompkins County Workers Center 589 590 Joel Morel ‘18 591 Recruitment Chair, La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc. 592 Member, Quisqueya: Dominican Students’ Association 593 594 595 596 597 598 (Reviewed by: Appropriations, 9-3-1, 11/27/2017) 599

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