New: University of Florida’s President Ben Sasse Shows the Way With Powerful Blueprint on the Handling of Campus Protests
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Red State ^
| 05/06/2024 | Sister Toldjah
Sane-minded people who felt a sense of despair after seeing how the pro-Hamas college protests were playing out early on at places like Columbia University and UCLA were heartened in late April when the University of Florida issued a no-nonsense response to the "outrage" that ensued from the arrest of some campus
agitators.As RedState reported at the time, the statement released by U of F school spokesman Steve Orlando confirmed that they were not a daycare center and that if their rules were not followed, then consequences would follow."This is not complicated: The University of Florida is not a daycare,...
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'Genocide Joe' Projected on American Flag at George Washington University
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Breitbart ^
| May 3, 2024 | ELIZABETH WEIBEL
Anti-Israel protesters projected President Joe Biden’s face over an American flag that was hanging from a building behind their encampment at George Washington University (GWU) in Washington, DC. Biden’s face, with the words “Genocide Joe,” was projected across an American flag that the university had hung from Lisner Hall, an academic building
behind the encampment Friday afternoon. Protesters at the encampment could be heard chanting, “Long live the intifada” as Biden’s face was projected onto the flag. Protesters at the encampment were also heard renaming the university’s U-Yard as, “Shahada Square.” “We reject the terms that our Imperialist, Colonialist, Colonialist...
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Outrage erupts as 'violent' leader of Columbia University's anti-Israel protest identified as son of millionaire ad executives
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https://www.msn.com ^
| May 4 2024 | Ishita Verma
EW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Social media erupted in fury as the identity of the person orchestrating the "violent" anti-Israel demonstrations at Columbia University was unveiled. Shockingly,
it turns out he's not just any protester, but someone unrelated to the students, married, and the son of millionaire advertising executives. This bombshell revelation sparked outrage across social media, with many questioning the authenticity of the protests and whether they were fueled by hidden agendas. The suspicions didn't simply materialize out of nowhere. They were planted by NYC officials, including Mayor Eric Adams and the NYPD, who had previously suggested the potential...
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13 Federal Judges Say They Will No Longer Hire Law Clerks From Columbia University, Citing ‘Virulent Spread of Antisemitism’ and ‘Explosion of Student Disruptions’
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Free Beacon ^
| May 6, 2024 | Aaron Sibarium
Thirteen federal judges said Monday that they would no longer hire law clerks from Columbia College or Columbia Law School after the university allowed an encampment on its lawn to spiral into a destructive occupation of a campus building. The
judges cited the "explosion of student disruptions" and the "virulent spread of antisemitism" at Columbia, which has now canceled its main graduation ceremony because of the unrest. Led by appellate judges James Ho and Elizabeth Branch, who spearheaded a clerkship boycott of Yale Law School in 2022 and Stanford Law School in 2023, as well as by Matthew Solomson on...
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Columbia University cancels universitywide commencement ceremony after weeks of protests on campus over security concerns
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NBC News ^
| 05/06/2024 | Antonia Hylton, Mirna Alsharif and Marlene Lenthang
Columbia will replace its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 with "smaller-scale, school-based celebrations," university officials announced Monday, after weeks of pro-Palestinian and counterprotests on campus. The
Ivy League school said the decision was made after discussions with student leaders. Security concerns were the main reason behind the decision, a university official told NBC News. "Our students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families," the university said Monday. "They are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school’s invited guest speakers. As a result, we will...
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Columbia University cancels their graduation ceremony due to the protests on campus
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Rumble ^
Columbia University cancels their graduation ceremony due to the protests on campus
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MIT becomes first elite university to ban diversity statements
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UnHerd ^
| May 5, 2024 | John Sailer
In what’s likely to be a watershed moment, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ended the use of diversity statements for faculty hiring, making it the first elite private university to backtrack on the practice that has been roundly criticised as a political litmus test. On
Saturday, an MIT spokesperson confirmed in an email to me that “requests for a statement on diversity will no longer be part of applications for any faculty positions at MIT”, adding that the decision was made by embattled MIT President Sally Kornbluth “with the support of the Provost, Chancellor, and all six academic deans”....
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University of California Now Discriminates Based on Parental Income, Education
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The Epoch Times ^
| 05 May 2024 | James Breslo
In 1996, Californians voted, 55 to 45 percent, to ban the use of affirmative action in admissions to state schools and in state employment. In
2020, Californians voted to maintain the ban by an even wider margin, 57 to 43 percent. Last year, the United States Supreme Court struck down college affirmative action policies on the grounds they violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.The clear message from the people and the Court is that admission should be based upon merit. But those running the University of California (UC) maintain their obsession with race and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI)....
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Police Clear Anti-Israel Encampment at University of Virginia, Over 2 Dozen Arrested
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Breitbart ^
| 05/05/2024 | ELIZABETH WEIBEL
The Virginia State Police cleared an anti-Israel protest at the University of Virginia (UVA) in Charlottesville on Saturday and reportedly took over two dozen protesters into custody. Law
enforcement officials in riot gear were seen approaching the pro-Palestinian encampment that sat on the university’s lawn and spraying chemical irritants as they began clearing the encampment, according to a video posted by The Cavalier Daily, UVA’s student-run newspaper.
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University of Florida President Ben Sasse Blasts ‘Asinine Entitlement’ Of Pro-Hamas Protesters
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Daily Wire ^
| 4 May, 2024 | Ryan Saavedra
Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), now the president of the University of Florida, slammed pro-Hamas demonstrators this week who have created chaos on college campuses across the U.S. and the weak leadership at the universities that has allowed the behavior to happen. Sasse’s
remarks come after the school released a statement early in the week revealing that numerous arrests were made on campus because the school would not tolerate disorderly conduct that was in violation of the school’s policies. “Higher education has for years faced a slow-burning crisis of public trust,” he wrote in an op-ed at The Wall...
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University of Mississippi opens student conduct probe after confrontation between Black student and counterprotesters
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CNN ^
| Sat May 4, 2024 | Sara Smart, Dianne Gallagher, Sarah Dewberry and Denise Royal
The University of Mississippi has opened a student conduct investigation after actions of “hostility and racist overtones” were portrayed during a demonstration on campus. The
incident unfolded Thursday on the school’s campus during a heated exchange between a group of pro-Palestinian protesters and a much larger group of counterprotesters. About 30 pro-Palestinian protesters were demonstrating in a barricaded zone when they were surrounded by an estimated 200 counterprotesters, some holding American flags, several Trump flags and some dressed in red, white, and blue. While there are multiple videos circulating online showing the protest at varying times, one video in particular...
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University of Michigan commencement disrupted by anti-Israel protesters: ‘You are ruining our graduation’
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NY Post ^
| 5/04/24 | Olivia Land
The wave of anti-Israeli protests on college campuses across the United States continued over the weekend, with two demonstrations briefly interrupting graduation proceedings at the University of Michigan. Dozens of protesters wearing keffiyehs and graduation caps held up Palestinian flags and marched down the center aisle toward the stage at Michigan Stadium
during Saturday morning’s commencement, CBS News reported. As a speaker invited the crowd to join the school’s “Go Blue” chant, the demonstrators hit back with cries of “Regents, regents, you can’t hide! You are funding genocide,” according to the New York Times. A plane bearing the messages “Divest...
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University of Vermont Bows to Pro-Palestinian ‘Encampment,’ Cancels Black UN Ambassador
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Breitbart ^
| 05/04/2024
The University of Vermont has capitulated to a demand by the campus anti-Israel “encampment,” canceling a commencement address by UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a black female diplomatic pioneer. The
“encampment” is one of dozens across campuses in the U.S., demanding the destruction of Israel and making other antisemitic demands. According to local NBC affiliate WPTZ: Thomas-Greenfield is the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. UVM student protesters had listed the cancellation of her commencement speech as one of their key demands. She has overseen three votes for a cease-fire to war efforts in the Middle East, and has vetoed the...
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Summers: Our Enemies Must Love Our ‘Future Elites’, ‘Craven’ University Response to Protests, We’ve Failed at Education
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Breitbart ^
| 05/04/2024 | Ian hatchett
On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor and President Emeritus and former Harvard President Larry Summers said that America’s enemies must “be taking great encouragement from the spectacle that is being made by our young future elites on so many of our leading college campuses, and even more by
the craven responses that are typifying university leaderships.” Summers stated, “This is very depressing and worrisome to me. As I’ve said on your show before, David, I think the United States is in the most dangerous geopolitical moment we’ve been in probably two generations, given what’s happening in...
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New: Columbia University Hands the Reins Back to Woke Students in Stunning Display of Cowardice
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Red State ^
| 05/03/2024 | Sister Toldjah
As we noted earlier, though the Columbia University pro-Hamas encampment and Hamilton Hall occupation have both been cleared, it's pretty evident the lunatics are still running the asylum there, as evidenced by a plea from the Columbia Law Review student editors for law school administrators to "cancel exams and give passing grades
for their work throughout the semester."The reasons cited? "The violence we witnessed last night has irrevocably shaken many of us... we also know this to be the same for a majority of our classmates."READ: Jonathan Turley Lays Some Reality on New Laughable Demand From Columbia Law StudentsFor those...
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Pro-Palestinian Protesters at Princeton University Begin Hunger Strike for Gaza
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Breitbart ^
| 3 May 2024 | ELIZABETH WEIBEL
Pro-Palestinian protesters taking part in an encampment at Princeton University began a hunger strike to raise awareness for starving people in Gaza.The Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest (PIAD) student organization posted a series of photos on Instagram announcing that pro-Palestinian protests would be launching a hunger strike “in solitary with Gaza.”“PRINCETON STUDENTS LAUNCH
HUNGER STRIKE IN SOLIDARITY WITH GAZA!!” the group wrote.PIAD explained that as part of the hunger strike, protesters would “abstain from all food and drink” except for water until their demands were met.“We commit our bodies to their liberation of Palestine,” the group continued. “PRINCETON, hear us now!...
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University of Chicago Anti-Israel Encampment Demands HIV Tests, Dental Dams, Plan B
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Breitbart ^
| 3 May 2024 | HANNAH KNUDSEN
An organizer involved in the anti-Israel, pro-Hamas encampment at the University of Chicago released a list of needed supplies, which includes Plan B, HIV tests, vaseline, and much, much more.UChicago United for Palestine, which describes itself as a “coalition currently committed to Palestinian liberation and racial justice at The University of Chicago,”
posted a list of items needed for the encampment at the university, listing more than two dozen items.The organization listed the items “needed most” at the top, which include a table, wound-packing gauze, heat gloves, portable chargers, CAT tourniquets, goggles, emergency bandages, trauma shears, and more.But the list...
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Police release names of 30 [masked] people arrested during PSU [Portland State University] protest
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KPTV ^
| May 3, 2024 | Adrian Thomas and FOX 12 Staff
ORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - The Portland Police Bureau has released the names of 30 people arrested Thursday as officers worked to clear out protesters who were occupying a library on the Portland State University’s campus. Pro-Palestinian
demonstrators began occupying the Millar Library on the PSU campus Monday evening. Police moved in Thursday morning in an effort to clear protesters from the library and the park area out front. By 10:15 a.m. Thursday, police cleared out the library but protesters remained outside throughout much of the day. FOX 12 witnessed police leave the area outside the PSU library just after 5...
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Walk-through of Portland State University’s library after three-night occupation reveals damage: ‘It’s ugly’
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The Oregonian/Oregon Live via Citizen Free Press ^
| May 2, 2024 | Maxine Bernstein
Paint splattered on floors. Spray-painted messages and screeds covering walls. Furniture
moved and overturned. Security cameras disabled. Fire extinguishers missing and entrances blocked by stacks of chairs. “We’ve got our work cut out for us,” a facilities manager at Portland State University said Thursday as he examined the destruction left behind after a three-day occupation by pro-Palestinian protesters in Millar Library.
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Professional protestors of Texas unmasked: Elementary school teacher, costumer designer and Palestinian store-owner among adults who infiltrated University of Austin demo
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UK Daily Mail ^
| May 3 2024 | MARYANN MARTINEZ
These are the professional protesters who descended on the University of Texas's Palestinian demonstration earlier this week despite having no connections to the school. Among
them is a former elementary school teacher, a costume designer, a Palestinian store-owner and an interpreter. Their ages range from the early 30s to one man who is 59, and none are enrolled at the college.
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