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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

May 15 • 19 tweets • 6 min read • Read on X

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The Princeton protestors have to be some of saddest/funniest of all.

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First, they leaked documents (adapted from Columbia) outlining their plans and strategy before they even started:
nationalreview.com/news/princeton…

Then they set up an encampment…

…only to take it down five minutes later after being threatened with arrest:

Next they occupied Clio Hall with faculty members…

But the faculty members left before getting arrested and at least one later called herself a “non-participant observer”:

The students were immediately arrested:
nationalreview.com/news/chaos-at-…

https://twitter.com/abigailandwords/status/1785720305031295373

In the aftermath, they shut down the “Black Princeton” group chat after messages were leaked to @abigailandwords and on Reddit:
nationalreview.com/2024/05/the-sa…

https://twitter.com/abigailandwords/status/1785720305031295373

As the encampment continued, they began a hunger strike:

They were not allowed to have tents, BTW, and public safety even took down a tarp they had strung up:

So they were forced to sleep under tarps on the ground, sometimes in the rain.

They made Blair Witch Project clips updating their status:

Meanwhile, they infamously complained that Princeton wasn’t checking their vitals even though they were shaking and immunocompromised:

They did have supporters, though. Several non-participant observer faculty at Princeton wrote letters and op-eds, while others joined the hunger strikers for a 24-hour fast:

It turned out to be a “rotary hunger strike” (probably after the original strikers saw the faculty go out for brunch on Saturday):

Finally, President Eisgruber said the encampment had to end and made some shameful concessions that were still totally unsatisfactory to the protestors.

When admin showed up the next day to discuss clearing the camp, the students put out a call for their fellow students to encircle the camp but no one came.

Today they announced the hunger strike is over, noting the university administration has “been forced to tone down their violent rhetoric.”

And while they have events planned for today, the encampment is expected to be shut down as the university plans for year-end activities.

https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1790853833439994012

Their parting message:

https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1790853833439994012

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

May 15

BREAKING: CUNY Graduate Center President Joshua Brumberg negotiated with students occupying the lobby.

They want charges against those involved in the CCNY encampment dropped.

He’s agreed to no discipline for the current occupation if they leave peacefully.

https://twitter.com/peterhvideo/status/1790573618134470723

The protestors are leaving:

https://twitter.com/peterhvideo/status/1790573618134470723

Here’s what the protestors said afterward:

“Today we honored our martyred Palestinian intellectuals and forced Grad Center President Brumberg to amplify our demands to CUNY admin. Our sights are set on the CUNY Chancellor and the BoT who are responsible for CUNY's genocidal zionist investments. We will be back.”

“We will escalate again and again until CUNY divests, boycotts, expresses solidarity with Palestinian resistance, demilitarizes campuses, and returns to a tuition-free, fully-funded People's CUNY.”

“This is just the beginning. We will be back, again and again and again, until CUNY divests and meaningfully supports Palestinian liberation.”

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

May 11

“It has not gone unnoticed…that many of those who are now demanding the right to protest have previously sought to curtail the speech of those whom they declared hateful.”

Excellent editorial by the NYT:

“Establishing a culture of openness and free expression is crucial to the mission of educational institutions. That includes clear guardrails on conduct and enforcement of those guardrails, regardless of the speaker or the topic. Doing so would not only help restore order on college campuses today, but would also strengthen the cultural bedrock of higher education for generations to come.”

“Student codes of conduct and other guidelines are meant to relieve some of the tension between free speech and academic freedom, as well as to ensure that schools are in compliance with government regulations and laws. Every campus has them. But rules matter only when guardrails are consistently upheld. It’s in that enforcement that the leadership of too many universities has fallen short.”

“During the current demonstrations, a lack of accountability has helped produce a crisis.”

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

May 9

Vibe check at MIT:

Police are arresting protestors who are blocking a parking garage:

Next up:

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

Apr 18

https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1781009976300827088

BREAKING: Police have entered the encampment at Columbia and are preparing to arrest anyone who won’t leave:

https://twitter.com/sfmcguire79/status/1781009976300827088

They have buses lined up to take people away:

Arrests have begun:

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

Apr 11

BREAKING: Harvard has reversed course and will require applicants to submit standardized tests scores in the next application cycle.

“For the Class of 2029 admissions cycle, Harvard will require submission of scores for the SAT or ACT. In exceptional cases in which applicants are unable to access SAT or ACT testing, other eligible tests will be accepted.”

Harvard had previously announced it would remain test optional through the next two admissions cycles:

The reasons given for the change are similar to those offered by other colleges, i.e., withholding tests scores hurts some students during the admissions process:

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Steve McGuire

@sfmcguire79

Apr 11

This longer video of the confrontation at Dean Chemerinsky and Professor Fisk’s home shows in more detail just how insufferable these students are.

And Chemerinsky has confirmed it’s a private residence (see below), which, as you can see, they were asked to leave repeatedly.