Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted May 24, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted May 24, 2024 ‘Antisemitic College Chaos’: ************ ********** Defender Appointed to Antisemitism Committee While tensions in the Middle East rage, concerns are still mounting over antisemitism at U.S. universities. On Capitol Hill Thursday, collegiate leaders faced questions from House lawmakers on the issue, addressing the challenge between balancing free speech and keeping students safe. The hearing, which was dubbed “Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos”, included several university presidents who dealt with violent protests, including UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. “I’m fully aware that many of our ******* students have had to confront rhetoric and images on campus that any reasonable person would find repugnant. Trust me, I understand their pain. I’ve lived it myself as a ******* **** growing up in the Catskill region of New York with relatives who were Holocaust survivors,” Block said. On April 25th, anti-******* protests sprang up on the UCLA campus resulting in an encampment that grew to more than 500 people. Block admits it took too long to address the *********. “But when more than 200 protestors refused police orders, law enforcement removed the encampment that night. With the benefit of hindsight, we should have been prepared to immediately remove the encampment if and when the safety of our community was put at risk. We have since taken decisive action. I created a new office of campus safety that reports directly to me,” he said. Northwestern University President Michael Schill testifies during a House hearing on antisemitic protests on college campuses, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Northwestern University President Michael Schill answered questions about antisemitism among his faculty. “You and your administration have cited the creation of this committee as proof you are working to counter antisemitism,” Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) said to Schill. “The three faculty members you appointed to it had objected to the committee’s very creation in a letter that downplayed antisemitism and defended the phrase ‘From the river to the sea (Palestine will be free).’ At least two of them have supported (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) efforts against *******.” “Why did you believe it was appropriate to appoint faculty members who have defended and made excuses for antisemitism and oppressed and opposed the committee’s purported mission of combating antisemitism?” Walberg asked. Schill replied, “I will be appointing to the task force that we are going to create, faculty, staff, and administrators who I believe are committed to fighting antisemitism and as committed to fighting antisemitism as I am.” “We’ll be watching President Schill,” Walberg said. “One of the advisory committee members, Jessica Winegar has been a leader of academic boycott efforts against *******. She has also referred to ‘Zionist media’ and condemned ‘white ******** dialogue politics,’ and she signed a petition defending a ************ ********** who murdered two ******** college students in a ********. Do you acknowledge Professor Winegar is grossly unfit for a committee meant to combat antisemitism?” Schill said, “I do not believe in the BDS movement. I am in print against it at my previous university and I will not be discussing individual faculty members or their writing.” The This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up has issued an “F” rating for Northwestern, and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) is now calling for Schill’s resignation. Since December, the House Education Committee investigations of collegiate antisemitism have cost the presidents of Harvard and U-Penn their jobs. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #Antisemitic #College #Chaos #************ #********** #Defender #Appointed #Antisemitism #Committee This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up For verified travel tips and real support, visit: https://hopzone.eu/ 0 Quote Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/37366-%E2%80%98antisemitic-college-chaos%E2%80%99-palestinian-terrorist-defender-appointed-to-antisemitism-committee/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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