Fallout Continues for Thousands of College Students Arrested in Anti-Israel Protests
“I never imagined this is how UMass (administration) would respond.”
It’s called consequences. This article takes a very sympathetic view, of course.
From the Associated Press:
For college students arrested protesting the war in Gaza, the fallout was only beginning
Since her arrest at a protest at the University of Massachusetts, Annie McGrew has been pivoting between two sets of hearings: one for the misdemeanor charges she faces in court, and another for violations of the college’s conduct code.
It has kept the graduate student from work toward finishing her dissertation in economics.
“It’s been a really rough few months for me since my arrest,” McGrew said. “I never imagined this is how UMass (administration) would respond.”
Some 3,200 people were arrested this spring during a wave of pro-Palestinian tent encampments protesting the war in Gaza. While some colleges ended demonstrations by striking deals with the students, or simply waited them out, others called in police when protesters refused to leave.
Many students have already seen those charges dismissed. But the cases have yet to be resolved for hundreds of people at campuses that saw the highest number of arrests, according to an analysis of data gathered by The Associated Press and partner newsrooms.
Along with the legal limbo, those students face uncertainty in their academic careers. Some remain steadfast, saying they would have made the same decisions to protest even if they had known the consequences. Others have struggled with the aftermath of the arrests, harboring doubts about whether to stay enrolled in college at all.
In St. Louis, Valencia Alvarez is waiting to hear what will come of the potential charges she and 99 others could face for a protest April 27 that lasted less than half a day at Washington University.
Twenty-three of those arrested were students. In June, the university gave them two options: They could face a hearing with the Office of Student Conduct, or they could “accept responsibility” and forgo further investigation. Alvarez took the first option.
“I don’t really plan on being quiet about this, and I think that’s the goal of the second option,” Alvarez said.
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It’s also called “growing up”.
You are amazingly optimistic.
Boo hoo…I have a hard time with the consequences of my actions.
They saw what happened to the BLM and Antifa rioters, so they figured they were also above the law.
If its one and only offense the university might rusticate them from campus, and only permit internet courses. But if they step foot on campus, trespass them and expel them.
Did they never hear the expression “FAFO”?
The first idiot is a graduate student in economics. IF she graduates, the only place she will get a job is with Paul Krugman, who also is always wrong.
The first idiot is a graduate student in economics. (Annie McGrew, UMass)
The Economics Department at UMass hired a “radical package” a half-century ago: Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis, Stephen Resnick, Richard D. Wolff and Richard Edwards. As such, Annie McGrew probably felt that she was merely fulfilling one of her graduate program obligations. 🙂
(Samuel Bowles, author of numerous books, had a high achiever for a father. Chester Bowles founded an advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, that he sold for a substantial profit. Chester Bowles went on to become a Governor, Congressman, Undersecretary of State, and Ambassador to India. My father had an autographed copy of a book that Chester Bowles had written.)
There are plenty of students who face discipline for all sorts of things–the Obama years were particularly brutal for male students facing charges of sexual misconduct–many of which were untrue–why these idiots think they’re above the law or any other process is difficult to understand–the doctrine of civil disobedience suggests that a person is willing to accept penalties for their principles.
Good riddance. Welcome to the real world.
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