In a statement to the Maroon, the University has claimed that “it had not sent a communication regarding a midnight deadline for the [Gaza solidarity] encampment to end.” This statement comes in response to the UChicago FJP press release earlier this evening.
It is accurate that the University administration sent no such communication insofar as they never sent out an email to this effect. However, this information was conveyed to the student negotiators as well as faculty present, and was reconfirmed at the start of the talks in person on Sunday morning.
If the administration has decided that the midnight deadline no longer holds, of course the students would be ready to return to negotiations in good faith.
However, this is yet another distressing sign that the University administrators continue to act in bad faith.