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Mar 27 • 17 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
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NEW: Yesterday Vanderbilt students pushed their way into a campus building to conduct a sit-in in the lobby of the chancellor’s office:
They’re protesting the administration’s decision to shut down a student referendum on BDS. Image
This was the scene inside yesterday:
The Vanderbilt Hustler reported that at least seven students were suspended on an interim basis: Image
Here’s more video showing the students taunting a police officer:
The number of students suspended is up to 16.

The university is reiterating its commitment to free expression but indicting that the protestors are violating time, manner, place restrictions and risking campus safety: Image
A reporter was arrested yesterday but later released. It sounds like charges will not be pursued. Image
Later in the evening, the students said the administration brought Panera Bread for security but was denying food and bathroom access to students.

They were peeing in bottles.


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Some students started to realize they might get arrested while trying to report that one young woman was in danger of toxic shock:
Students outside chanted, “Let them pee! Let them eat!”
They report that one of the students outside was detained or arrested:
Nashville police (“at least 20 officers in 15 cars”) were called to the scene in addition to the Vanderbilt police who were already there.

The student was arrested for allegedly breaking a lane of glass.
vanderbilthustler.com/2024/03/26/bre…
The Vanderbilt Hustler has a ton of great coverage here:
vanderbilthustler.com/tag/kirkland-h…
Three students have now been arrested:
In the end, four students were arrested (three inside and one outside), and all the students inside were given interim suspensions, which means they can’t be on campus and had to leave by 5pm local yesterday.

Disciplinary hearings start today.
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Nov 13
BREAKING: The University of Michigan student government has impeached its anti-Israel president and vice-president for:

-incitement to violence;

-cyber theft; and,

-dereliction of duty.

The students are taking their government back.

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The impeachment comes after students outmaneuvered the activists running their government and restored funding for student activities:
This was the reaction after that vote:

@thestustustudio
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Nov 11
NEW: What could the new Trump administration mean for Columbia University?

A nonpartisan concerned group, @StandColumbia, has calculated that it could cost the university a catastrophic $3.5 billion per year — over half its annual budget.

How?

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First, the government could stop awarding grants to Columbia.

The group calculates this could cost the university $50-200 million per year in the short-term and add up to 1.329 billion per year in the long-term. Image
Another significant risk is that the government could seriously curtail the number of student visas it issues, which could cost Columbia a pile of tuition money — the group estimates $200-800 million per year. Image
Read 11 tweets
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Oct 29
“Writing ‘f*ck you Boeing’ is free speech and fully protected; preventing Boeing from discussing jobs with students is not. Calling someone a ‘kapo’ is offensive, but protected speech; breaking through a police line is not.”

Cornell President Kotlikoff explains free speech:

🧵
Referring to the disciplinary measures taken against students who disrupted a career fair, a
student asked him:

“Why are you punishing students for free speech?”

He explained the difference protected speech and illegitimate violations of the rights of others.
“Speech that constitutes a direct threat to others, or violates the rights of others to speak or attend events (‘heckler's veto’), is never protected, since its function is not to share thoughts and ideas, but to silence them.” Image
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Oct 27
“At first I was stunned. I found it hard to believe that a book…could be blacklisted simply because of the…word ‘Israel’ on its cover.”

“But here we are. It seems that no Jewish author, no one remotely connected to Judaism, is safe from this kind of exclusion.”

—@BHL Image
“Curbing this hate begins by going to the source. That’s why I will soon visit North American university campuses most impacted by this disgraceful rhetoric and violence and plead not only for Israel, but for the defense of free speech.”
I enjoyed listening to @BHL speak about his book in NYC a month ago, and I’m glad he’ll be visiting American campuses soon.
wsj.com/opinion/my-fir…
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Oct 25
🧵Harvard Librarian Martha Whitehead on libraries as sanctuaries:

“Libraries are cherished as the soul of our colleges and universities.”

“Outside the library walls, information and viewpoints constantly rush towards [students]. Inside, they pursue their own lines of inquiry.” Image
“Opposing perspectives routinely confront each other in our collections.”

“Libraries are places where everyone should feel both welcome and able to focus on their own pursuits.” Image
“Even when there is no noise, an assembly of people displaying signs changes a reading room from a place for individual learning and reflection to a forum for public statements.”

“While a reading room is intended for study, it is not intended to be used as a venue for a group action, quiet or otherwise, to capture people’s attention.”Image
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Oct 22
NEW: The task force on Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias at UCLA surveyed 428 Jewish faculty, students, and staff.

The results are devastating.

“Two-thirds of respondents reported that antisemitism is a problem or a serious problem at UCLA and three-quarters reported that anti-Israeli bias is a problem or serious problem.”

“Three-quarters of respondents felt that antisemitism is taken less seriously than other forms of hate and discrimination at UCLA.”

“There were over 100 reports of individuals experiencing a physical attack or physical threat.”

”Nearly 40% of respondents (N=394), noted that they experienced antisemitic discrimination at UCLA.”

”Almost half (49%) of the undergraduate student respondents reported that teaching assistants engaged in behaviors that included offensive comments, verbal attacks, or discrimination, and 76% reported that their peers engaged in these behaviors.”

“One-third of respondents indicated that they had made an informal or formal complaint to UCLA because of mistreatment or discrimination based on their Jewish or Israeli identity.”Image
Some comments on the encampment: Image
On physical attacks, slurs, and vandalism: Image
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