Posted on 04/29/2024 5:55:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
...Cal Poly Humboldt administrators estimate that the cost of the damage to the campus is "in the millions," according to The Los Angeles Times.
Even schools that do not have encampments are still being forced to clean up anti-Israel graffiti.
"Free Palestine" and "Palestine" were graffitied on two buildings at the University of Portland, a private Catholic school in Oregon that is not facing a student occupation. Campus Safety and Emergency Management Director Michael McNerney told The Beacon, a student newspaper, that the clean-up cost is estimated to be in the thousands.
"Unfortunately, because of the amount of work that's required to remove and or paint over ... we're talking about thousands of dollars in damage most likely," McNerney said. "This is a pretty serious crime at this point."
...Protest encampments have sprung up at more than three dozen private and public schools across the United States since Columbia University students in New York City began a "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" earlier this month.
Some universities are also facing lawsuits related to the demonstrations. For example, Columbia faces multiple lawsuits from anti-Israel student groups, protesters and Jewish students. Harvard University also faces lawsuits from Palestinian students and Jewish students.
Besides losing money due to increased costs of security, additional cleanups and other protest-related issues, some schools are also losing major donors.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, billionaire investor Leon Cooperman and industrialist Len Blavatnik have withdrawn donations to Columbia University or are considering doing so following the anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. The trio have donated nearly $100 million to Columbia, according to an estimate cited by the New York Post.
The cost of the protests is not entirely financial, either.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com ...
Lay off the faculty, close all the classes, announce that the campus facilities are being repurposed as illegal alien housing, and report all student visa holders as no longer in class.
...hey, just an idea...
If you are causing property damage, it is no longer a protest.
When Obama engineered the Government takeover of student loans, he guaranteed the ability of Colleges to charge whatever the hell they wanted to charge for tuition and other college costs. Perhaps the solution is to sell the loans back to the banks (slowly) and Universities and let them service the loans on their terms.
“... major donors back out...”
This brings to mind the expression ... “waiting until the roof comes down on you”
I see absolutely nothing wrong with that headline
Government control is the objective, but privatizing the industry would be a good solution. Which should include eligibility for discharge in bankruptcy which is the logical solution for individuals in over their head.
Proof there are still good people in the world - many thanks to Kraft, Cooperman and Blavatnik...
I agree.
The University doesn’t care, it’s not their money.
These private institutions like Columbia University with an endowment worth of $13.6 Billion or Harvard at $49.4 Billion can well afford virtually any damage caused. The other state universities like out in California have even bigger endowments - taxpayers in perpetuity. They can afford it, too.
No biggie. The US goooooooooooberment will subsidize the reconstrution provided the professors stay on track with the marxist ideology.
Then when the illegals come for their free housing, arrest and deport them all.
Thanks for posting.
People will not go to these hellholes and send the Bills to Soros ,LOL
Make the protesters paint over their graffiti. Have them work as janitors. Punishment for their crime. They are let out of jail free and getting arrested again the next day ..
hopefully the campus insurrectionists have enough staying power to completely bankrupt the ivys and the rest of the marxist brainwashing outfits that are poisoning the minds of our youths ...
A group of Israeli kids did a counter protest on one campus and authorities told them to leave in order to “give hamas the space they need to protest”
https://twitter.com/sabrinasoff/status/1784427724783935857/photo/1
These dumb-arses need to have their mug shots plastered all over the Internet.
IF any of em show up across from a job interview desk....good-bye.
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