More than 100 Syracuse University students and faculty alike gathered outside of Hendricks Chapel at noon Thursday in protest of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's pending confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States.

As senators in Washington D.C. reviewed a single copy of the FBI's report on Kavanaugh, the SU community held its own walk out to voice their opinions and stand in solidarity with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault in the 1980s. (In his testimony before the Judiciary Committee last week, Kavanaugh angrily denied any wrongdoing.)

"Brett Kavanaugh didn't go to Syracuse," said one students who stood on the chapel steps and spoke to the crowd. "But he might as well have."

Students gathered outside Hendricks Chapel at noon on Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018.

Snaps and claps spread across the crowd gathered as the student called out the "frat boy" culture at SU where she said many white, privileged men live without fear of facing consequences for their actions. The speaker called on the university to reassess how it handles reports of sexual assault.

Another student dedicated her speech to Chancellor Kent Syverud specifically.

"Dear Kent, we do not care that you have a dog," she said in reference to an email sent to the student body earlier this week about Syverud's adoption of a puppy. "What will you do to protect your students?"

Many of the students who addressed the crowd made the point that "Brett Kavanaughs" don't come out of nowhere. The culture cultivates abusers, said one student.

"This has been going on for forever," added another student reading an open letter to her own sexual abuser. "Signed, an unapologetic brown girl."

An organizer of the walk out addressed the men in the crowd present specifically, thanking them for standing in solidarity but also challenging them to look inward. If you're not confronting your own friends who exhibit predatory behavior, then you're not doing enough, said the organizer.

The walk-out not only included students but faculty as well. One professor invited the crowd to chant in protest of Kavanaugh and another spoke openly to the students and other faculty present.

A physics professor called the protest the most important thing students could be doing right now and called on other professors to accommodate the "leaders of tomorrow."

"You are not skipping class right now," the professor said. "This is your education."