College presidents defend their student protest deals
7 months ago

College presidents defend their student protest deals

Politico  

But both presidents pushed back on several lines of questioning from Republicans that ranged from calling for disciplinary action on protesters to scrutinizing their deals. Stefanik referred to the deal Schill made with protesters as the “Deering Meadow agreement,” while slamming provisions in it, to which Schill at one point replied: “Actually, I never called it that, but the ‘Deering Meadow agreement’ was just a framework of an agreement that was reached with students at 4 o’clock in the morning. If you would like to see the entire program, go on our website.” He also pushed back on Stefanik’s framing of her questions and responded to her probing about antisemitic incidents by saying: “All of these are allegations that are being investigated.” Schill also pushed back on Banks’ questioning about Northwestern’s decision to fire former football coach Pat Fitzgerald, who is suing the school for wrongful termination. “This is not my area of expertise,” Schill said, though he did respond to questions about the university’s Doha campus. “My university is leading by example, but my Republican colleagues are characterizing any agreement made between university administrators and student protesters as ‘conceding to the mob,’” Takano said.

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UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias
4 days ago

UC resolves federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism, Islamophobia and anti-Arab bias

LA Times  

The University of California has resolved nine federal civil rights complaints of antisemitism and bias against Muslim, Arab and pro-Palestinian students stemming from Israel-Hamas war protests at five UC campuses, the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday. Violence at the UCLA encampment against Jewish, Israeli American and pro-Palestinian protesters was “of particular concern,” the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights …

The incredible punishments being dished out to university students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests
3 months, 1 week ago

The incredible punishments being dished out to university students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests

Daily Mail  

Students who took part in the pro-Palestinian protests last spring are now being punished by universities with protracted suspensions and mandatory contrition essays. Students who took part in the pro-Palestinian protests last spring are now being punished by universities with protracted suspensions and mandatory contrition essays At the University of Southern California, where demonstrators repeatedly clashed with the police, students …

A look at college presidents who have resigned under pressure over their handling of Gaza protests
4 months, 1 week ago

A look at college presidents who have resigned under pressure over their handling of Gaza protests

Associated Press  

Protests against the war in Gaza have put intense pressure on U.S. college leaders, who are charged with bridging bitter campus divides while balancing free speech rights with concern for safety on campus. University of Pennsylvania Liz Magill of Penn was the first of three Ivy League presidents to resign following contentious appearances before Congress, ahead of Harvard’s Claudine Gay …

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation
6 months, 1 week ago

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian students walk out in protest at Stanford University graduation

LA Times  

A pro-Palestinian student group, seen protesting at Stanford this month, encouraged other students to walk out of the university’s graduation ceremony on Sunday and instead attend a “People’s Commencement.” Hundreds of Stanford University students walked out of their graduation ceremony Sunday in a show of support for Palestinians, capping a tumultuous year on campus rocked by protests related to the …

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Some Universities Are Holding Back Pro-Palestine Student Protestors' Diplomas

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Several universities across the country are withholding, or threatening to withhold, the diplomas of seniors who engaged in pro-Palestine demonstrations on their campuses amid a national student mobilization in recent months. In letters sent on Friday, administrators accused the students of violating the student code of conduct, alleging that they failed to respond to police’s orders to …

The Gaza encampments and history: Is this the "right" kind of protest?
7 months ago

The Gaza encampments and history: Is this the "right" kind of protest?

Salon  

Students opposed to Israel's war in Gaza have spent nearly a month escalating their protests on college campuses across the country, frequently erecting encampments on their university greens, occupying buildings and even demonstrating on their graduation stages. I don't like that there’s a country that's willing to do that.” * * * This will be the fourth week of the …

Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict
7 months, 1 week ago

Harvard students end protest as university agrees to discuss Middle East conflict

Associated Press  

— Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment, bringing a peaceful end to the kinds of demonstrations that were broken up by police on other campuses. The student protest group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine said in …

Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp at George Washington University, make arrests
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Police clear pro-Palestinian protest camp at George Washington University, make arrests

LA Times  

Workers carry student tents to a dump truck after police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at George Washington University in the nation’s capital early Wednesday. Police using pepper spray cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at George Washington University and arrested demonstrators early Wednesday, hours after dozens marched to the home of the school’s president as city officials prepared to appear before …

Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment, occupy building at Rhode Island School of Design
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protesters retake MIT encampment, occupy building at Rhode Island School of Design

The Hindu  

A Monday deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to leave an encampment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology cleared many demonstrators only to have the site retaken while protesters at the Rhode Island School of Design began occupying a building in the ongoing protest movement connected to the Israel-Hamas war. “It was made in close consultation with the Emory Police Department, security advisors …

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance on pro-Palestinian protests

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. “The protesters’ cause is important — bringing attention to the killing of innocent people,” university President Michael Roth wrote to the campus community …

Pro-Palestine protests: How some universities reached deals with students
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Pro-Palestine protests: How some universities reached deals with students

Al Jazeera  

Many campus protesters have taken down Gaza solidarity encampments after colleges agreed to consider divestment from Israel. Northwestern also agreed to cover education at the university for five Palestinian undergraduate students., based in Illinois, US struck a deal with its protesting students on April 29 to take down most of the tents. Brown University in Rhode Island agreed on April …

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance against pro-Palestinian protesters
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Some colleges begin taking tougher stance against pro-Palestinian protesters

LA Times  

University of Chicago police officers keep protesters from the quad as they dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment Tuesday. Police cleared a pro-Palestinian tent encampment at the University of Chicago on Tuesday after administrators who had initially adopted a permissive approach said the protest had crossed a line and caused growing concerns about safety. “The protesters’ cause is important — bringing attention …

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

Associated Press  

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. Chants of “We are Hamas.” “Not everyone is actively endorsing these antisemitic posters and chants and signs and graffiti, but it feels like a large majority is at least …

Pro-Palestinian protests spread across British universities
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian protests spread across British universities

The Telegraph  

Pro-Palestinian protests are spreading across British universities as students attempt to replicate the occupations that have swept through US campuses. Demonstrators at University College London have added to a growing number of tent camps protesting against the war in Gaza, which have been seen at universities including Manchester, Newcastle, Sheffield, Leeds, Warwick, Swansea and Bristol. The scenes have been a …

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

LA Times  

Pro-Palestinian supporters rally outside a building at New York University last month. In a statement, Chancellor Francine Conway noted protesters’ request for divestment from companies doing business with Israel and for Rutgers to cut ties with Tel Aviv University. She said the request is under review, but “such decisions fall outside of our administrative scope.” Protesters at Brown University in …

“Every Single Thing About This Is Completely Maddening, and None of It Had to Happen”
7 months, 3 weeks ago

“Every Single Thing About This Is Completely Maddening, and None of It Had to Happen”

Slate  

Joe Howley is a professor at Columbia University. “It’s like no one running the university has read a book about the history of protest movements on campuses or this campus in particular, which is really wild because it’s very obvious that our students have,” he said. “I spent most of the day working with a group of faculty members, who …

Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Student protests take over some campuses. At others, attention is elsewhere

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Boston College students held a protest rally against the Israel-Hamas war last week. “It’s just not the vibe at this school,” said Emmett Carrier, a junior studying biology at Boston College, a Jesuit institution with an enrollment of 15,000. “I don’t think they’re as committed to it here as they are at other schools.” Boston College faculty and …

Columbia University locks down campus after protests escalate, students take over historic campus building
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia University locks down campus after protests escalate, students take over historic campus building

The Hindu  

In the wee hours of April 30 morning student protesters occupied a building on Columbia University’s main campus escalating tensions at the university hours after administrators had begun suspending students who refused to leave a ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment.’ Hamilton Hall, the building at Columbia University that protesters occupied early Tuesday morning, has been occupied several times by student activists over …

‘Divest from Israel’: Decoding the Gaza protest call shaking US campuses
7 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Divest from Israel’: Decoding the Gaza protest call shaking US campuses

Al Jazeera  

It’s a central demand in the pro-Palestine student protests on college campuses. However, in a statement posted to X on Monday, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine claimed the direct investments account for “a mere 6.12 percent of Columbia’s $784m publicly traded investments”. Students made efforts to persuade NYU to divest from companies including “GE, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar and Boeing …

Here's What The Pro-Palestinian Student Demonstrators Want
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Here's What The Pro-Palestinian Student Demonstrators Want

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Last week, students at Columbia University set up an encampment on the campus green to protest Israel’s war in Gaza, kicking off what would quickly become a national mobilization of student activists. “I’m a member of this community, and I don’t want this particular community to be profiting from apartheid, from war, from genocide,” Ariela Rosenzweig, a …

Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia University’s Shafik rebuked over Gaza crackdown but avoids censure

Al Jazeera  

University oversight panel says president undermined academic freedom by allowing New York police to break up Gaza protest. Columbia University‘s embattled president came under renewed pressure as a campus oversight panel sharply rebuked her administration for clamping down on a pro-Palestinian protest at its New York campus. After a two-hour meeting on Friday, the Columbia University senate approved a resolution …

Antiwar protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity
7 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Why are students protesting across U.S. campuses? | Explained
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why are students protesting across U.S. campuses? | Explained

The Hindu  

The story so far: On April 18, more than 100 pro-Palestinian protestors who were camped out in tents in Columbia University, New York, were arrested by the police. Since then, similar encampments and protests have risen across U.S. campuses, including in New York University, Yale University and the University of Texas. These protests peaked last week when students of Columbia …

Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators, will continue antiwar camp
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Columbia protesters say they’re at an impasse with administrators, will continue antiwar camp

LA Times  

Student negotiators representing the Columbia encampment said the university hadn’t met their primary demand for divestment from companies they say are fueling the Israel-Hamas conflict. Student negotiators representing the Columbia encampment said that after meetings Thursday and Friday, the university hadn’t met their primary demand for divestment, although they had made progress on a push for more transparent financial disclosures. …

Pro-Palestinian encampments are spreading across U.S. colleges. What are the students demanding?
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Pro-Palestinian encampments are spreading across U.S. colleges. What are the students demanding?

LA Times  

It’s Friday, April 26. The New York Police Department arrested more than 100 people last week at an encampment formed by student activists on Columbia University’s main lawn in protest against the Israel-Hamas war. Here are some of their other demands: For the university to “divest all its funds from and end all partnerships with Israel by any direct holdings.” …

Jewish student protesters say Columbia’s pro-Palestine demonstrations aren’t antisemitic
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Jewish student protesters say Columbia’s pro-Palestine demonstrations aren’t antisemitic

The Independent  

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Camps, Arrests, Scrutiny: Columbia Uni Students Rally for Palestinian Freedom
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Camps, Arrests, Scrutiny: Columbia Uni Students Rally for Palestinian Freedom

The Quint  

On 22 January, the university administration stated in an email sent to students and other stakeholders: ".the alleged perpetrators identified to the University were immediately banned from campus while the law enforcement investigation proceeds." According to student newspaper Columbia Spectator, this action was taken in response to their alleged involvement in an unauthorised event titled 'Resistance 101', which took place …

Blocks from the White House, US students stand steadfast with Gaza
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Blocks from the White House, US students stand steadfast with Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Palestine solidarity encampment springs up at George Washington University despite crackdown and arrests across US. Washington, DC – Chants of “free Palestine” were interrupted by ululating and cheers as dozens of Georgetown University students arrived at a protest at the neighbouring George Washington University campus in the heart of the US capital city. “We’re here to show support for the …

Columbia University cites progress with Gaza war protesters following encampment arrests
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Columbia University cites progress with Gaza war protesters following encampment arrests

The Hindu  

April 24, 2024 08:22 pm | Updated May 01, 2024 10:39 am IST - New York Columbia University said early on April 24 that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that it was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on the Ivy League campus in upper …

US universities rocked by pro-Palestinian protests amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘Anti-Semitic hate on college campuses is...’
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US universities rocked by pro-Palestinian protests amid Israel-Hamas war: ‘Anti-Semitic hate on college campuses is...’

Live Mint  

Student anger with university officials and law enforcement fueled worsening tensions on several US campuses Tuesday after days of pro-Palestinian protests that have triggered mass arrests and shut down classes. "Students have the right to protest, but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate," Columbia's vice president of public affairs Ben Chang told reporters Monday. …

Students protesting on campuses across US ask colleges to cut investments supporting Israel
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Students protesting on campuses across US ask colleges to cut investments supporting Israel

Associated Press  

Students at a growing number of U.S. colleges are gathering in protest encampments with a unified demand of their schools: Stop doing business with Israel — or any companies that support its ongoing war in Gaza. “We want to be visible,” said Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, who noted that students at the university have been pushing for divestment from …

Brave Jewish Columbia University graduates confront 'solidarity camp' tent squatters with Israeli flags
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Brave Jewish Columbia University graduates confront 'solidarity camp' tent squatters with Israeli flags

Daily Mail  

Both say the camp should be cleared to make Jewish students feel safe They were met with hostility from pro-Palestine crowd, but bedded in Two Jewish graduates of Columbia University snuck into the campus pro-Palestine encampment with Israeli flags and accused activists of ‘supporting radical Islamic terrorism’. Two Jewish graduates of Columbia University snuck into the campus pro-Palestine encampment with …

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel
8 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US universities, target financial links with Israel

India TV News  

Washington: The arrest of 100 pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Columbia last week has sparked a wave of similar protests across several American colleges and universities as the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in the besieged Gaza Strip continues, leading to a debate on where to draw the line between allowing free speech while maintaining free and inclusive campuses. The Columbia University has cancelled …

Pro-Palestine protests sweep across US colleges, with dozens of students arrested at Yale, NYU and Columbia
8 months ago

Pro-Palestine protests sweep across US colleges, with dozens of students arrested at Yale, NYU and Columbia

ABC  

In short: Dozens of students at Columbia, Yale and New York University have been arrested for protesting the war in Gaza. Dozens of students at Columbia, Yale and New York University have been arrested for protesting the war in Gaza. Student protests in the US over the war in Gaza have intensified and expanded over the past week, with a …

Trump calls campus pro-Palestine protests a ‘disgrace’ as Jewish leaders warn students to stay home
8 months ago

Trump calls campus pro-Palestine protests a ‘disgrace’ as Jewish leaders warn students to stay home

The Independent  

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Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
8 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel's war with Hamas. “It’s a really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police to …

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
8 months ago

Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale, and the gates to Harvard Yard were closed to the public Monday as some of the most prestigious U.S. universities sought to defuse campus tensions over Israel’s war with Hamas. “It’s a really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police …

Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza: What’s going on?
8 months ago

Columbia, NYU, Yale on the boil over Israel’s war on Gaza: What’s going on?

Al Jazeera  

Classes will be held virtually on Monday amid mounting tension between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters, days after more than 100 students were arrested. On Sunday, a prominent rabbi linked to New York’s Columbia University and its affiliated Barnard College, Elie Buechler, urged Jewish students at the institution to stay home due to “extreme anti-Semitism” on the campus. At Columbia, the …

Lawsuit accuses UC Berkeley of fostering antisemitism. Dean calls accusations ‘stunningly inaccurate’
1 year ago

Lawsuit accuses UC Berkeley of fostering antisemitism. Dean calls accusations ‘stunningly inaccurate’

LA Times  

Hundreds of people, mostly students, gather to call for a cease-fire in Gaza and read the names of Palestinians killed during a protest at UC Berkeley. Filed Tuesday by the Brandeis Center and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education, the complaint alleges Berkeley Law, the university law school, has “failed to confront, much less combat” antisemitism and that policies adopted …

Tensions running high at East Coast campuses over protests around Israel-Hamas war
1 year, 1 month ago

Tensions running high at East Coast campuses over protests around Israel-Hamas war

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Administrators of MIT suspended a number of students Thursday from the prestigious technology school after Israel-Hamas war protesters took over a prominent building for much of the day and then some refused to leave by a set deadline. But after hearing concerns including visa issues, Kornbluth said they would be “suspended from non-academic campus activities.” It was unclear …

US campus protests: Students say how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting them
1 year, 1 month ago

US campus protests: Students say how the Israel-Hamas war is impacting them

CNN  

CNN — Students have held hundreds of protests and counterprotests on college campuses since the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israelis and Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza in response. On October 7, when, like many people around the world, Abuhashim still didn’t know the scale of the Hamas attacks in Israel, she was already “really, really worried,” she said. “I feel …

The Israel-Hamas war has roiled US campuses. Students on each side say colleges aren’t doing enough
1 year, 2 months ago

The Israel-Hamas war has roiled US campuses. Students on each side say colleges aren’t doing enough

Associated Press  

America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges. “Academic freedom,” they said, “does not permit identity-based targeting of students.” At Columbia University, the campus was closed Thursday as a safety measure as hundreds attended dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies. One demonstrator, Yola Ashkenazie, said some Jewish students feel unsafe: “The rise in anti-Semitism on our …

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