Letters to the Editor: Vandalizing Cal State L.A. buildings isn’t peaceful campus protest
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Vandalizing Cal State L.A. buildings isn’t peaceful campus protest

LA Times  

To the editor: The so-called protesters who camped at Cal State Los Angeles took over the student services building last week, forcing the campus to close. I’ll bet that many of the individuals who were encamped and took over the building were not Cal State L.A. students. My mother used to say, “If I give you an inch, you take a mile.” The president of Cal State L.A. now finds herself in this position. Henry D. Schlinger, Glendale The writer is a professor of psychology at Cal State L.A.. To the editor: Apparently, the protesters don’t understand that “peaceful protest” does not include vandalism and defacing of public property.

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Hundreds of L.A. students join immigration protests; buildings vandalized, rocks thrown, LAPD says
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Hundreds of L.A. students join immigration protests; buildings vandalized, rocks thrown, LAPD says

LA Times  

Hundreds of student protesters gathered in downtown Los Angeles to demonstrate for immigration rights on Tuesday. Mass demonstrations against President Trump’s crackdown on immigration continued for a third day in downtown Los Angeles, with hundreds of students walking out of class Tuesday to join the march and one adult protester arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism. A dispersal order was …

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy
6 months, 1 week ago

Letters to the Editor: UC’s treatment of protesters disgraces its free-speech legacy

LA Times  

A protester is arrested at UC Irvine as police break up an encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators May 15. At the time, I was proud to see an article in The Times quoting history professor Leon Litwack, who said at the ceremony: “The class of ’70 occupies a unique place in our legacy. As one of those students who missed out …

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end
9 months, 3 weeks ago

After ‘significant’ vandalism overnight, Cal State L.A. president says encampment must end

LA Times  

Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters occupied, barricaded and vandalized a Cal State Los Angeles student services building — with several administrators inside — for almost eight hours Wednesday. “A trust we had in the Encampment to practice non-violence has been violated,” Cal State L.A. President Berenecea Johnson Eanes said in a statement Thursday afternoon. They said the action began as a …

Police clearing Pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrested
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Police clearing Pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University, dozens arrested

The Independent  

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Today’s campus protests aren’t nearly as big or violent as those last century — at least, not yet
11 months ago

Today’s campus protests aren’t nearly as big or violent as those last century — at least, not yet

Associated Press  

In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler’s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. “They always talked about the ’68 protest as sort of a North Star,” Sattler, 27, a graduate student of international human rights policy at Columbia University, said of the campus organizers there. In September …

Column: Calling the police on campus protests shows that college presidents haven’t learned a thing since the 1960s
11 months ago

Column: Calling the police on campus protests shows that college presidents haven’t learned a thing since the 1960s

LA Times  

Law enforcement officers confronted pro-Palestinian demonstrators at USC, but was that the right approach by university administrators? maintain order” without sacrificing the “principles of academic freedom and free speech that are core to the educational mission.” The ACLU advises that administrators “must not single out particular viewpoints — however offensive they may be to some members of the community — …

Antiwar protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity
11 months, 1 week ago

Antiwar protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity

LA Times  

George Washington University police officers scan the area as students demonstrate on campus in the nation’s capital during a pro-Palestinian protest Friday. The Huskies for a Free Palestine student group said in a statement that counterprotesters were to blame for the slurs and no student protesters “repeated the disgusting hate speech.” The president of nearby MIT put out a statement …

Tensions grow at California universities as Gaza protests roil campuses from Berkeley to New York
11 months, 1 week ago

Tensions grow at California universities as Gaza protests roil campuses from Berkeley to New York

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents in front of Sproul Hall on the campus of UC Berkeley on Monday. Three students were arrested after law enforcement officers wearing helmets and riot shields descended on the public university in Arcata, in rural Northern California, and clashed with demonstrators who had set up tents inside Siemens Hall and erected a banner that said, …

After violent protest, controversial pro-Israeli speaker comes back to UC Berkeley
1 year ago

After violent protest, controversial pro-Israeli speaker comes back to UC Berkeley

LA Times  

A few protesters gather outside the Pauley Ballroom at UC Berkeley on Monday night, a stark difference from when the same speaker appeared Feb. 26. Three weeks after violence broke out at a private event organized by Jewish student groups at UC Berkeley and protested by pro-Palestinian demonstrators, the speech took place Monday and unfolded without issue. Monday’s event was …

Violent protest at UC Berkeley triggers federal investigation into alleged discrimination
1 year ago

Violent protest at UC Berkeley triggers federal investigation into alleged discrimination

LA Times  

Students make their way through Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus in 2022 in Berkeley. The following week, Christ said that the university police department and its anti-harassment office received “reports that two of the Jewish students who organized the event, as well as some of the attendees, were subjected to overtly antisemitic expression.” Campus police are investigating these …

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety
1 year, 1 month ago

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The incident Monday night “violated not only our rules, …

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety
1 year, 1 month ago

UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety

Hindustan Times  

Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel for their safety after demonstrators broke through doors. HT Image The incident Monday night “violated not only our rules, but also some of our most fundamental values,” Chancellor Carol Christ and …

Police forcibly remove BLM-L.A. leader, a Cal State L.A. professor, from campus mayoral debate
2 years, 11 months ago

Police forcibly remove BLM-L.A. leader, a Cal State L.A. professor, from campus mayoral debate

LA Times  

Melina Abdullah, a leader of Black Lives Matter-L.A. and a professor at Cal State Los Angeles, is removed by police from Sunday’s mayoral debate on the campus. A Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles leader was forcibly removed by campus police from a mayoral debate Sunday night at Cal State Los Angeles. Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of Cal State L.A.’s Pat Brown …

Violent protesters block Berkeley talk by Breitbart editor
8 years, 2 months ago

Violent protesters block Berkeley talk by Breitbart editor

Associated Press  

BERKELEY, Calif. — Protesters hurled smoke bombs, broke windows and sparked a massive bonfire Wednesday night, prompting University of California at Berkeley officials to cancel a talk by a polarizing editor of Breitbart News out of safety concerns. But officials said it was a smaller group of protesters dressed in black and in hooded sweatshirts that showed up as night …

Trump threatens to cut UC Berkeley's federal funds
8 years, 2 months ago

Trump threatens to cut UC Berkeley's federal funds

Daily Mail  

President Trump has threatened to cut federal funding to UC Berkeley over the riots that broke out at the California campus Wednesday night, in protest of a talk planned by alt-right leader Milo Yiannopoulos. Protesters have tore down barricades, let off fireworks and set the campus ablaze during furious protests against speech by conservative Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos at UC …

College students protesting Trump in march to L.A. City Hall
8 years, 4 months ago

College students protesting Trump in march to L.A. City Hall

LA Times  

Hundreds of Los Angeles-area students walk out of their classrooms and converge on City Hall in downtown Los Angeles to protest Donald Trump’s election as president last month. Students at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park planned to walk out of their classrooms and march more than seven miles to City Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest President-elect Donald …

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