Gallery: Syracuse University students rally in solidarity with University of Missouri protesters

Jay Sivad, a higher education master’s student from Savanna, Georgia, leads chants during a protest in an act of solidarity with University of Missouri on the Quad of Syracuse University. Benjamin Wilson | Staff Photographer

Many signs during the protest read: "#SUsolidarity with Mizzou." Katherine Sotelo | Asst. Feature Editor

After gathering in the Schine Student Center, protestors stood around the stairs in front of the Hall of Languages. Emma Wishnow | Staff Photographer

One of the leaders of the protest called out to the crowd gathered near the Physics Building, expressing her concern about discrimination on the SU campus. Katherine Sotelo | Asst. Feature Editor

About 100 SU students rallied in solidarity with Mizzou on Thursday afternoon around the end of Joe Biden's speech about sexual assault in Goldstein Auditorium. Emma Wishnow | Staff Photographer

A student holds a sign with a quote from Tim Wolfe, former president of Mizzou, that reads: "Systematic oppression is when you don't believe you have the equal opportunity for success." A quote from Chancellor Kent Syverud was also written on the sign: "The way to address exclusion and loneliness is not to privilege one complex identity over another." Katherine Sotelo | Asst. Feature Editor

One student holds a sign that reads: "SU is Mizzou" during a protest that took place inside the Schine Student Center. Katherine Sotelo | Asst. Feature Editor

After walking from Hendricks Chapel, the student protestors gathered inside Schine to continue their rally. Katherine Sotelo | Asst. Feature Editor

SU students dance on the Quad during a protest held in an act of solidarity with Mizzou. Benjamin Wilson | Staff Photographer

Danielle Alvarez, a sophomore biochemical major at SU from Brooklyn, New York, marches in an act of solidarity with Mizzou on the Quad on Thursday afternoon. Benjamin Wilson | Staff Photographer

James Duah-Agyeman, directory of the Office of Multicultural Affairs, cheers as he watches protesters gather on the Quad to stand in solidarity with Mizzou. Duah-Agyeman said he is often nearby during such gatherings to ensure the students’ rights are observed and that the students don’t do anything that could get them in trouble. Benjamin Wilson | Staff Photographer