Harvard Enforcing New Rules for Campus Protests Starting in the Fall
“appears to be a response to months of anti-Israel protests that rocked the campus last semester”
It will be fascinating to see if Harvard actually follows through on this or caves like they usually do.
FOX News reports:
Harvard set to enforce new rules on protests ahead of fall semester, university document shows
Harvard is planning to adopt several new university-wide rules that will impact protesters occupying campus spaces, according to a draft document.
The document, produced by the school’s Office of General Counsel and the Working Group on Campus Space Use, prohibits overnight camping, unapproved signage and displays and chalking on Harvard property.
“Both to foster the well-being of community members and to preserve these resources for future generations, the University has an obligation to adopt rules and policies that simultaneously protect and facilitate the use of the University’s private property,” the document obtained by The Harvard Crimson states.
Harvard spokesperson Jason A. Newton told The Crimson the University is “working to ensure that common rules and guidance around the use of campus spaces are more readily accessible to community members” and noted that much of the document draws from already established Harvard policies.
“The draft document obtained by the Crimson is an earlier version that was in review and may not accurately indicate the current status of guidance regarding a particular topic,” Newton wrote in a statement to the paper. “Once the document is finalized, it will be shared with the Harvard community.”
Individuals or groups that fail to comply with the unfinished guidelines may be held financially responsible for “result costs incurred” and could be subject to a range of other consequences for noncompliance, including a “referral for discipline.”
The document, in part, appears to be a response to months of anti-Israel protests that rocked the campus last semester, including a temporary encampment that was set up in Harvard Yard.
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers recently said he was skeptical of the school’s ability to enforce the document policies.
“These policies, like many that have been promulgated, are fine and reasonable,” Summers said in an interview. “The issue is that the University, over the last year, has consistently failed to act and impose sanctions when policies are violated and has been slow to implement policies on behalf of Jewish student groups. That is why it is subject to multiple federal government investigations and civil suits.”
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“Rules For Protestors.”
Would make a catchy book title.
The first time I walked through Harvard Yard (1969), there was still tear gas wafting in the evening breeze. It seems Harvard dealt more strongly with demonstrators in those days.
Now, every time I smell tear gas, it takes me back to those heady, carefree days of graduate school.
Naw, that was the Cambridge cops. Harvard had nothing to do with it.
I fondly remember a dormie of mine casually scraping the cinders out of a dead canister to save as a souvenir as we had a discussion about something completely unrelated. He didn’t seem bothered by it, but I was close to choking all over his rug.
Ooohhh… may result in a referral for discipline…. Lol… bet the little nazi, rapist and baby killer apologists are shaking in their Birkenstocks
“It’s a maaaddhoussse”
– Col. George Taylor (1968)
“Planet Of The Apes”
Yeah, I’m sure this will work.
They will just do “overnight tailgating” instead of overnight camping with Escalades driven up on the lawn. Then, the admins will go back and say “ho hum well we didn’t specifically ban tailgating”.
Sounds wonderful, but rules need to be enforced. Somehow, I doubt that anything that shows a sufficient level of hatred towards Jews will get a real response.