LIVE BLOG: Students Stage Sit-In to Demand Title IX Reforms

5.20 PM, Wednesday, May 15 - Prospect HouseA group of around 70 protestors gathered outside Prospect House as University President Christopher Eisgruber met with six protestors and several unnamed administrators inside the building. The meeting, which President Eisgruber called to fruition in a letter addressed to Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne, was off-the-record and closed to the press."I appreciate the seriousness of issues regarding sexual misconduct and I share the students' strongly felt desire to ensure that this campus is safe for all who study and work here," Eisgruber wrote in his letter, which was written with the intention of inviting several students to meet with him. In another paragraph, he wrote: "The point of the meeting with me would be to facilitate mutual understanding."The student representatives present at the meeting were Tori Gorton, Madeleine LeCesne, Rebecca Sobel, Aisha Tahir, Kirit Limperis and Ananya Joshi.“We are going into this meeting with the hope that we can come out with a response that allows us to trust that the university is taking our calls to action seriously,” said Sofie Kim ’20, “that they are acknowledging us in this process.”She said that the protestors' current hope is to have the administration respond to each of their demands by September 23, around two weeks after the beginning of the 2019-2020 fall semester.Protestors chanted “We have deadlines, so do you” and “Whose university? Our university?” outside the building as the meeting commenced at 4 p.m. Five open expression monitors stood outside Prospect House throughout the duration of the meeting.Prior to the event, attendees were encouraged to wear Princeton gear and paraphernalia to emphasize their status as Princeton students. While many wore clothing featuring the Princeton shield, several graduating seniors dressed in their graduation gowns.Dannelle Gutarra-Cordero, a lecturer in the Princeton Writing Program, was one of a handful of faculty members present for the protest. Several of her students are involved in the Princeton IX Now movement, she said, and she finds it “completely unacceptable” that students “haven’t been heard.”When the meeting ended at 5.15 p.m., protestors gathered along both directions of the driveway leading away from Prospect House chanting and holding signs. Some signs featured the number '17’ or the words '17 days' alluding to the number of days remaining until the P-Rade at this year’s reunions. - Jimin Kang '2112:30 PM, Wednesday, May 15 - Nassau HallAt noon, around 40 protestors gathered on the front lawn in front of Nassau Hall to discuss the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct and the University Student Life Committee's joint statement following the Monday meeting.The statement indicated that next steps would include meetings with students, community members, and campus organizations over the summer and during the fall semester. The joint committee plans to publish a report on on their recommendations in fall 2019."What is them avoiding committing to things and what is them trying to save face?" said Maya Aronoff '19, in the group meeting discussing the statement.The administration and student protesters are also currently working together to organize a "town hall style listening session". By the students' request, University Ombudsperson Wokie Nwabueze, a neutral third party, will help facilitate the conversation.The student protesters indicated that President Eisgruber's presence would be necessary at the town hall.The protesters did not agree with the statement's suggestion that students in need of financial support for mental health services seek out existing resources."Their suggestion that we have an extensive list of in-network mental health providers - they're all completely booked," said one protester. "A lot of us see out of network providers and pay way more out of pocket."At 4 PM, a delegation of six students from the protest along with notetakers will meet with President Eisgruber in an off the record meeting at Prospect House.-Vignesh Panchanatham '22 and Jimin Kang '214:30 PM, Monday, May 13 - Butler College Private Dining RoomOutside the joint meeting of the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct and the University Student Life Committee, approximately 25 activists stood in the rain holding signs in silent protest.Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun invited six student protesters to the meeting through an email forwarded to them by Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne. In the email, Vice President Calhoun wrote, "It is important that the student delegates understand that this meeting is not set up to be a negotiation of any students demands. Rather, this is a meeting to hear from students directly about their concerns."The protesters want a discussion where everyone can be present, but the university is trying to do things on their terms, said Anna Macknick '21."This is not a real response," said Macknick. "This is a way for the administration to say they've met with us without actually listening."Kiki Gilbert '21, Micah Herskind '19, Aisha Tahir '21, Rebecca Sobel '19, Tori Gorton '21, and Sofie Kim '21 represented the protesters as speakers at the meeting. Two other protesters joined the group as notetakers since the administration did not allow any forms of digital recording in the meeting.According to Maya Aronoff '19, one of the notetakers from the meeting, Vice President Calhoun verbally confirmed that the University will release a timeline for future meetings and discussions about Title IX on Wednesday at noon. Aronoff said the meetings will be of different formats, including some open to the public."We are constantly looking for ways to improve our policies around preventing and dealing with sexual misconduct, and we hope that the students will remain engaged in that process," said Vice President Calhoun. "The work of these committees has led to real, substantive change in the past, and these students’ input will help us continue that progress."Kim, one of the organizers of the protest, said that people came into the protest with a lack of trust in the university and lost more in the past week."At this point, how do we know to trust the university or trust what they say and hold them accountable when they prove time and time again that their policies are specifically designed so that they don't have to be held accountable," said Kim.-Vignesh Panchanatham ’224:00 PM, Saturday, May 11 — Nassau Hall

Earlier today, protestors revised their list of demands, amending demand 11 in particular, which called for the immediate dismissal of Regan Crotty, Princeton Title IX coordinator, and the review of Michele Minter, Chief Compliance Officer of Title IX. At 4 pm, a crowd of around 100 protestors gathered outside Nassau Hall for their final call to action. 

The eleven revised demands were read aloud by student protesters, and a copy of the demands was placed outside the doors to Nassau Hall. Along with each demand, an orange tulip was laid next at the entrance of the building by a protestor. The twelve tulips—one of which was added ceremoniously at the end of the reading—represent healing, said Aisha Tahir ’21, one of the students involved in the protest. 

“We recognize that an institution is only as strong as its people—and it is with that in heart and mind that we offer this appeal,” read Sofie Kim ’20. “We ask for more. Princeton is and can be better than this,” she said. 

“The list is part of a broad, ongoing project of making our University the best it can be—a nonviolent, accountable, and people-centered space, in which all are included, all are heard, all are honored, and all are respected,” added Aditi Dhital ’20. 

At the close of the demonstration, Nathan Poland ’20 urged students to care for each other during this emotional time. “This campus needs to remain a safe place for survivors,” he said. He also encouraged protestors to make sure the protests are contained around Nassau Hall, in order to allow survivors to navigate campus safely.

- Maya Eashwaran '211:00 PM, Saturday, May 11 – Nassau HallEarlier this morning, student protesters were asked to abide by Princeton’s Rights, Rules and Responsibilities in two separate instances.Around 3:30 AM, a Princeton Public Safety officer approached students sitting on the steps of Nassau Hall, saying they were not allowed to be there, according to Gabriela Pitten ‘19. The protesters then asked the officer where in Rights, Rules, and Responsibilities did it say they couldn’t sit on the steps.“We have had individuals sit on the steps every night of the protest with no issues, but this time the [public safety] officer came up and said that they weren’t allowed to be sitting on the steps,” said Pitten.At approximately 8:40 AM, an open expression monitor told students that a canopy they had set up on the lawn in front of Nassau Hall was in violation of Princeton’s forms of expression, according to Anna Macknick ’21.Macknick said that Princeton Public Safety officers asked for the IDs of student protestors to keep track of who the officers could contact to make sure the structure was taken down.Princeton Executive Director of Public Safety Paul Ominsky could not be reached for comment.The protesters also asked the open expression monitors multiple times for consistency and to clarify the procedures regarding violations of Princeton’s Rights, Rules and Responsibilities.“What the procedure is for all free speech monitors, that is what we are asking for,” said Aisha Tahir ’21, in a video of the discussion.The students later took down the canopy.-Vignesh Panchanatham '227:30 PM, Friday, May 10 - Nassau HallAisha Tahir '21, one of the student demonstrators, was given a disciplinary warning earlier this afternoon by Dean Fisher when she tried to enter a public event in Frick Lab.Fisher did not say exactly what rule Tahir had broken, she said. The back of the disciplinary warning had a copy of Princeton's speech code, which says that students may not block normal University functions.-Ethan Sterenfeld '205:46PM, Friday, May 10 — Frick Chemistry LaboratoryTwo sit-in participants, Aisha Tahir '21 and Anna Macknick '21, were allowed to enter the Frick Chemistry Laboratory after a long confrontation with Associate Dean Jarrett Fisher.Attendees of Durkee's reception were requested to leave the building instead of using the front entrance, outside of which Tahir was asking Fisher why she was unable to enter the building. A Public Safety officer was checking identification for those entering. Fisher said that the building was "closed.""Nobody's coming in, unless they are invited guests," he said. Tahir questioned as to why there were some students inside the building."I'm asking you to tell me, to direct me, as to where I'm breaking a law. Where I'm breaking a rule," said Tahir. "Pull it up in words right now."Fisher declined, saying "not at this time."Past 5:30PM, the official end time of the event, Tahir and Macknick were still not allowed to enter the building. An unidentified man was allowed to enter the building to drop off a bag."Why is he getting in? Is he invited to the event? Is he?" asked Tahir. Public safety officers and Fisher did not respond."Is this what you care about? Is this what you say a protest is? Is this what Princeton university is?" Tahir said, addressing the open expression monitors standing around the entrance. "Are you scared of two students putting up a sign?"The two were allowed to enter the building soon after, under the condition that they did not enter the reception area. The two held up signs reading "We're still waiting" and "Enough."— Jimin Kang '215:00 PM, Friday, May 10 — Frick Chemistry Laboratory Sit-in participants' attempts to attend a public, University-sponsored event were rejected by 'open expression moderators' in a confrontation that resulted in the participants' departure.The reception, organized to recognize the retirement of University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee, was held in the atrium of Frick Chemistry Laboratory and attended by prominent University administrators including University President Christopher Eisgruber and Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun. There were around 60 attendees in total, most of whom were faculty.The participants asked to be let in on the basis of a public invitation published on the Princeton University website, which invited "Princeton staff, faculty and community members.""University staff and faculty, as well as the public, may attend the informal gathering to celebrate Durkee’s nearly half-century of service to Princeton," reads the online invitation.When the sit-in participants asked why they were not allowed to enter the event, the staff monitors did not immediately respond. The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students describes open expression monitors as "Princeton staff members who have been selected to uphold the University’s commitment to freedom of expression and ensure University guidelines governing free expression are followed.""Open Expression Monitors and Public Safety officers uphold the rights of participants to express themselves in non-disruptive ways, safeguard the essential functioning of University operations, and protect members’ rights to hear, see, and engage with a speaker or listen to a lecture," reads the official description."You've been telling us for days that it's your job to protect our rights," said Micah Herskind '19 to the group of six monitors. Monitors have taken shifts at the sit-in for the past four days, overlooking the students and their activities. "And now you won't do it when it's actually time to uphold rights. It's just astounding.""When I first told you about this protest, you told me that the open expression monitors would be there to ensure we could exercise our right to free speech, that we were allowed to be in places," Tori Gorton '21 said to Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Jarrett Fisher, one of the staff monitors. "We aren't violating Rights, Rules and Responsibilities. You guys aren't giving us any warnings that we're violating anything. We're asking to peacefully to be allowed to enter an event."Referring to the online invitation, she added: "We are members of the Princeton community as undergraduate students of this university. So, where does that leave us? Who am I appealing to? Who do I call to say that [the moderators] are violating my rights to freedom of expression?"When approached by a Press Club reporter, the open expression monitors declined to comment.- Jimin Kang '213:00 PM, Thursday, May 9 - Nassau Hall AtriumThe door to the executive office suite in Nassau Hall, where Princeton's president and other senior administrators have offices, was closed today. I have gone into Nassau Hall before for interviews during business hours, and that door has been open.A PSAFE officer told me and another reporter from the Press Club not to enter, although the atrium was still open.-Ethan Sterenfeld '203:00 PM, Thursday, May 9 - Nassau Hall

At 2:30 PM, close to 200 students linked hands, applied duct tape with the word ”Listen” written on their mouths and circled around Nassau Hall while standing in complete silence.

The demonstration attracted the attention of numerous bystanders and townspeople.

“The fact that these people are completely silent and holding hands is very powerful,” Princeton resident and Keller Center advisor Steven Spielvogel said.

The protestors were not satisfied with a public statement from University officials yesterday addressing their concerns. In an e-mail to President Eisgruber and Vice President Calhoun last night, Aisha Tahir ’21 demanded that one or both officials meet with the coalition of protestors at 2 PM today.

At the announced time, protestors placed two chairs outside for President Eisgruber and Vice President Rochelle Calhoun, but they did not come outside. Administrators peered through their windows as protestors shouted “we did the work, how about you?” and “response now” for 20 consecutive minutes.

-Mahishan Gnanaseharan '20- photos Ethan Sterenfeld '208:12 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallAt 8PM, protestors presented their tenth demand, the increased representation and accessibility in survivor oriented spaces and resources.Students faced Nassau Hall with a sign reading, “who protects rapists?” The sign reflected Woodrow Wilson’s Class of 1879 tigers outside Nassau Hall.-Yu Jeong Lee '227:50 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Whig HallLeaders of the protest presented their platform to the town council a few minutes ago at a previously scheduled town council meeting."We're all really interested in making sure that all people get justice," Liz Lempert, Princeton's mayor, said. She gave the students her card and asked them to reach out to her for a further conversation."It's great that you're meeting with us, but why hasn't the university met with us?," asked Aisha Tahir, one of the representatives from the protest.Council members reacted with surprise when they were told that the university's Department of Public Safety had told protestors they should not sleep outside because town police could be called. They seemed to agree that sleeping outside on private property should not get students in trouble with the law."Thank you for bringing that to my attention," said Leticia Fraga, a council member who leads the municipality's Public Safety Committee.David Cohen, one of the council members, noted that he saw the demonstrations in front of Nassau Hall on his way to campus.-Ethan Sterenfeld '206:20 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallStudent leaders on campus presented the eighth demand, the implementation of mandatory and comprehensive sexual assault and Title IX training for all university hires and student leaders."This University has told me over and over and over again that I am the first point of contact for my zees," said Becca Senatore '20, an RCA in Rockefeller College and a former SHARE peer. "It is up to me to make this institution a space that values my advisees, that I should know all of the campus resources that I could give my advisees when they need, that I am the one they should come to when they have questions. I cannot give them what they need and I cannot answer their questions because I do not have the tools to do so, nor do any of my Orientation leader friends, nor do any of my RCA friends. We are not equipped. And if we aren't, who is?""We're supposed to set an example of how to treat one another on campus," echoed Maya Aronoff '19, an RCA in Whitman college. We're supposed to set an example with our everyday behavior of how to treat someone who's your friend, who's your lover, who's your partner, and right now the training is not teaching people how to do that.""We need effective training," said Senatore. "And we need it not tomorrow. We need it yesterday."-Brillian Bao '205:13 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallProtestors announced the seventh demand, the immediate departmentalization of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, at 5pm."Princeton University is the only Ivy League university to lack a Gender and Sexuality Studies major," Stephen Chao '19 said, noting that Princeton's GSS program recently lost its post-doctoral program."As the students said in their statement, the intellectual framework and lens offered by Gender and Sexuality Studies is critical to understanding the role of patriarchy, gender-based violence, gender norms, heteronormativity, and supporting a culture that enables sexual assault and sexual violence and sexual harassment to continue," said Elizabeth Armstrong, a professor with joint appointments to the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, the Sociology Department, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. "The GSS faculty join the students in the call to departmentalize Gender and Sexuality Studies at Princeton to give it an intellectual platform to provide education to students and the entire campus community on these critical issues."-Brillian Bao '204:30 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau Hall

Anne McClintock, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, spoke at Nassau Hall in support of the students’ demands. A longtime advocate and survivor of campus rape herself, she called for reform, awareness, and transparency of the Title IX process. 

She also called attention to the faculty’s role in campus assault, stating “There is rampant and systemic violence by faculty who operate with virtual impunity on campuses across the country, including at Princeton.” 

She explained that the issues of today stem from the University’s focus on its image. “Universities have a brand name to protect. They have strong financial incentives to under-investigate and underreport,” she said, adding, “no university wants to be branded the “free rape campus of America.” 

Reform, to McClintock, must provide a separate process for Title IX cases. This process would need “trained independent investigators who are not beholden to the University to conduct professional investigations with due process.” 

The role of alcohol in sexual assault cases was addressed as well. “Alcohol is not the cause of sexual assault. Alcohol can be a weapon that perpetrators use alongside rape drugs to disinhibit or incapacitate their victim,” she said. “Get real: if you’re not a perpetrator, or someone who is going to be a rapist, having a few drinks is not going to turn you into one.” 

An intersectional approach to the problem is extremely important, McClintock emphasized. “What I think many people don’t know is that this grew out of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960. We know that women of color, people of color, and native women have been at the forefront,” she said. 

“The Black Lives Movement cannot be seen as separate from the sexual assault movement,” she added. 

She ended her speech with a quote from Nelson Mandela: “Sometimes in history, it falls upon a generation to be a great generation. It will not be easy, but you can be that great generation.”

Her speech was met with cheers from students, and was followed by the seventh demand at 5 pm. 

-Maya Eashwaran '21 and Vignesh Panchanatham '224:20 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau Hall

The sixth demand - basic needs - came at 4 pm after the University issued a formal response to the protesters’ demands.  The response, deemed inadequate by the protesters, did not put a stop to the eleven hour sit-in. 

“What we just got from the University was not a response,” said William Keiser ’19 to the crowd. 

The students called for the establishment of a mental health resource fund that should be open to all students, regardless of survivor status. This is a problem for students of all socioeconomic statuses, they explained. 

“I had to drop down my meal plan to pay for therapy. I had to chose between food security and mental health,” Anna Macknick ’21 said. “Let me be clear: mental health is always significant.” 

“We need access to mental health resources regardless of our financial ability,” she added. 

Another student, Alyssa Finfer ’19, shared her story with the crowd. “We need to address mental health issues when they start, not when they become so bad that a student is unable to deal with it,” she said. 

-Maya Eashwaran '213:20 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallDeputy Dean Dunne handed organizers of the protest an official statement from university administrators in response to their demands.This response, to be published on the Princeton University website in the coming hours, included a direct response to protestors' demands that Title IX Coordinator Regan Crotty be subject to immediate review."That said, unfounded calls for the termination of University employees are inappropriate and will not be considered further," the response reads.The majority of the response emphasizes existing resources for sexual assault victims such as Princeton's Sexual Misconduct website and declared that administrators are referring the protestors' demands to the Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct."I thought they didn't address a majority of what we demanded and it is not an adequate or considerate response to our demands," Nikhita Salgame '21, a student-organizer said.This response came immediately after the participants read aloud their fourth demand calling for an intersectional approach to addressing compounded issues of race and sexual assault.

“I don’t get how people who get racist slurs shouted at them over and over again can be expected to feel comfortable on campus," Aditi Dhital '20 said.

-Mahishan Gnanaseharan '202:30 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallTori Gorton '21 read the fifth demand to the crowd of protestors at 2 pm, calling for a minimum of five social workers with designated legal training in the Title IX system to specifically help survivors through the processes."It is unreasonable to expect survivors to independently compile evidence and build a case for their own Title IX investigation, while simultaneously having to manage their mental health, academics, and daily lives," the official document of demands states.Anne McClintock, a gender and sexuality studies professor at Princeton, initially planned to come speak at 2 pm about the fourth demand, regarding investigating harassment relating to multiple identities. Instead, she will speak about it at 3 pm, so the organizers read the fifth demand first.Rebecca Sobel '19 read the account of a staff member who served as an ad-hoc advocate to the crowd, before reflecting on the process herself."It is both traumatizing and logistically impossible to address all aspects of the Title IX system alone or without the informed institutional support of an advocate," she said.The protesters also sent an email to administrators and almost all trustees inviting them to come and join in a discussion about Title IX reform in front of Nassau Hall.-Vignesh Panchanatham '221:00 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau Hall

At 1 pm, the third demand was announced: restorative justice. According to the official list of demands presented to the administration yesterday, restorative justice is “a method of bringing together all stakeholders in an undominated dialogue about the consequences of an injustice and what is to be done to put them right.”

“Title IX is not enough - restorative justice now!” a crowd of approximately fifty chanted. 

“We want people to go to a place that is not re-traumatizing,” Micah Herskind ’19 said. “We need survivor oriented spaces that provide healing."

He added, “We need to demand an alternative restorative justice track.”  

-Maya Eashwaran '2112:00 PM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallSchuyler Kean '21 read out the protestors' second call for reform, demanding that university officials conduct an eternal review of the Title IX system with a parallel committee for student oversight.Participants followed with a refrain of chants declaring: "Do it right, oversight."The aim of this reform, according to a handout distributed to nearby protestors, is to demand greater accountability for those engaged in the Title IX system.Kean and Ruth Schultz '22 also referenced a 2014 U.S Department of Education Office for Civil Rights investigation into Princeton University's Title IX policies, which found that Princeton's previous policies violated federal law."It should be obvious that you cannot reform your own system," Schultz said. "This reform is possible, necessary and obtainable."-Mahishan Gnanaseharan '20 11:30AM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau Hall Rebecca Sobel '19 said that given the University's failure to respond,  protestors would mark each coming hour by consecutively discussing each of the 11 demands. This first hour was focused on transparency and clarity of the Title IX system. The next hour is slated to be on its external review."When we filed our Title IX case, we got three different answers about what to expect from three different people," said Malka Himelhoch '21.  "How can we expect an institution to uphold justice when they don't tell us what that system is supposed to do?"Himelhoch said that she and other organizers spoke to a Title IX lawyer yesterday who said that a request for transparency is "not a violation of federal law.""We deserve that much," said Himelhoch. Aditi Dhital '20 followed by saying, "the system should not be traumatizing survivors over and over and over again. We will stand here until we have transparency, until we have clarity."The crowd chanted "We can't fix what we can't see. Transparency," nine times before re-grouping.At approximately 11:30AM, Aisha Tahir '21 read aloud the University's response. "The University has received the students' concerns, take them seriously and will be making a public statement later today. We will not be responding directly to each of the points raised yesterday."The crowd booed, before another chant began: "We did the work, how about you?"UPDATE: The official statement from the University, printed on a sheet of paper and delivered to Aisha Tahir by Dean Thomas Dunne of the Office of Dean of Undergraduate Students, read: "The University has received the students concerns, take them seriously, and will be making a public statement later today. We would like to reiterate what Vice President Calhoun stated earlier that we will not be responding directly to each of points raised yesterday."-Jimin Kang '21 and Brillian Bao '2011:08AM, Wednesday, May 8 - Nassau HallAround 120 students gathered outside Nassau Hall holding posters minutes after the 11AM deadline passed for administrators to respond to protestors' demands."If we don't receive a response by 11:10, we'll chant 'Response Now,'" said Rebecca Sobel '19 to the crowd. Her announcement was followed by applause.At 11:10AM, the crowd repeatedly chanted "Response Now" while facing Nassau Hall.- Jimin Kang '2111:53 PM, Tuesday, May 7 - Nassau Hall  Student demonstrators moved onto the steps of Nassau Hall to seek shelter from heavy rain that fell during the continuing sit-in.Five students are currently stationed on the steps alongside two university-appointed "open expression" moderators, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Students Thomas Dunne and Program Coordinator Ian Deas.According to a post on the protestors' Facebook group, at least five individuals will be stationed at Nassau Hall until the group's 11 AM deadline for an official response from university administrators.Protestors are also asking students and alumni to sign an online pledge to "refrain from participating in alumni giving" until their demands for sexual assault and Title IX reform are met.Some protestors are planning next steps in East Pyne Hall while switching out for others at Nassau Hall.-Mahishan Gnanaseharan '204:48 PM, Tuesday, May 7 - Nassau HallApproximately 130 protestors spread out in front of the steps holding hand-painted signs as university administrators escorted the group of 6 students into the building.After the students entered, protestors began chanting, "In the service of survivors, fix Title IX" and "Title IX reform now."https://youtu.be/qpAAr3ZD2EUThe students exited the building minutes later."We've been told that they will do us the honor of reviewing our demands," said Kiki Gilbert '21, one of the six students who presented the formal list of demands to university administrators, prompting boos from the crowd. According to Gilbert, Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun told the students that it was highly unlikely that the administration would respond by tomorrow morning."We can expect that there will be significant additional action required," Rebecca Sobel '19 said.The sit-in will continue throughout the evening and overnight. Protestors plan on sending emails to the Class of 2019 to encourage them to withhold donations. They also plan on emailing President Eisgruber at five minute intervals until all of the demands are met.The administration has been given until 11 a.m. to respond.-Brillian Bao '204:14 PM, Tuesday, May 7 - Nassau HallA group of 15 protestors gathered to discuss next steps in presenting the group's demands to administrators and University officials.The protestors are now planning to send a group of 5 to 6 students to present a ratified list of demands to university administrators alongside University-employed free speech moderators."At this point, we're willing to go in and leave willingly and completely in accordance with the rules," one of the protesters at the small gathering said.Another participant has consulted professional Title IX lawyers in ratifying and reviewing this group's preliminary list of demands. This participant also suggested calling on University officials to officially oppose Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos's proposed changes to the Title IX regulations, which would allow alleged assaulters to cross examine victims.Sofie Kim '20, a participant of the sit-in, consulted with organizers of a Title IX protest at Swarthmore College. Kim confirmed that members of the Princeton sit-in are continuing to consult with this Swarthmore organizer and participants of the 2016 Black Justice League sit-in of Nassau Hall."Activism on this campus can bring real change and we're trying to highlight that," Kim said.-Mahishan Gnanaseharan '203:06 PM, Tuesday, May 7 - Nassau Hall Over 75 students are currently assembled in front of Nassau Hall to discuss and ratify a list of demands related to reform of sexual assault and harassment policies on campus.The crowdsourced demands include a call for, among others,  a comprehensive document of Title IX policies, independent parties to help victims through Title IX processes, and education for authorities in the university, including student leaders.Further discussion covered university funding for legal proceedings on behalf of victims and a demand for the university to fire Michelle Minter, Princeton vice provost for institutional equity and diversity.To finalize the list of demands, the protesters have broken into subgroups to discuss elements before, during, and after the Title IX process. The leaders of the protest referenced discussing Title IX reform with campus activists at Swarthmore College and other colleges."We just need the administration to acknowledge and not stare at us for hours and hours on end," said one of the student protesters to the gathered group.Several from the Department of African American Studies, including Eddie Glaude Jr. and Naomi Murakawa, were nearby as students discussed the list of reforms. According to one participant, faculty members bought water for the protesters and said they would be able to provide food later.The group plans to discuss demands with administrators at 4:30 PM.-Vignesh Panchanatham '22