Anti-Israel Students at Washington University in St. Louis Complain About Being Disciplined
“a total of 26 students were suspended for participation in a pair of anti-Israel protests back in April”
There are consequences for one’s actions? Who knew?
The College Fix reports:
Anti-Israel WashU activists who broke protest rules complain about being disciplined
Rule-breaking anti-Israel activists at Washington University in St. Louis voiced their complaints about being disciplined by the school, describing the process as “disorganized” and “disorienting.”
According to Student Life, a total of 26 students were suspended for participation in a pair of anti-Israel protests back in April.
On April 13, activists involved with the group Resist WashU disrupted an “admitted students” event at Graham Chapel, demanding the cessation of investments in Boeing (which allegedly support Israel’s “genocide”).
One protester had said the event had to be disrupted — because WashU officials allegedly did not listen to the activists’ demands.
Activist R.J. Lucas, suspended after the April 13 protest, ended up transferring from WashU because its “culture of repression […] really made it a very unsafe space” for him.
Lucas said a “particularly bothersome” incident occurred when campus cops “profiled” another student who looked like him — “they’re just brown and have curly hair like me,” he said — in order to make sure he wasn’t violating his suspension.
Lucas said the incident “confirmed” for him that WashU cops were “over-policing.”
Another (anonymous) student activist disciplined for an April 27 demonstration said WashU put her and others “through hell.”
Yet another, Andrew de las Alas, said he couldn’t believe he was suspended given he had recently received WashU’s Ethic of Service Award.
“I think it’s just so mind-boggling that the values they cultivate in the classroom and on campus [are what] pushed me to hold the University accountable, and they saw that fit to respond with police action,” de las Alas said. He also demanded campus police be held accountable for breaking the ribs of an accompanying protesting professor.
Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications Julie Flory told Student Life, however, that the only injuries reported from the April 27 protest were those of campus police — which included “a severe concussion, a broken finger, and a groin injury.”
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Nobody is required to give in to your demands because you make them, and you are required to abide by the rules of an institution you wish to be part of. These students broke the rules and deserve to be punished.
That is why it is important for our side to actually have a say in what the laws and regulations concerning businesses including Universities should in fact be instead of living in a world of delusion that isn’t going to have any.
In this case the University has the right idea and courage is contagious so I hope this goes to influence other topics and other Universities.
“One protester had said the event had to be disrupted — because WashU officials allegedly did not listen to the activists’ demands.”
If I were the president of WashU, I would say, “your life has to be disrupted with an expulsion, no refund, with prejudice, because the normal students demanded it. Now get out.”
These students have no idea what it costs the university to recruit students to apply and then finally be admitted. They made a big mistake.
Do the crime, do the time–I’ve never seen so many pampered, spoiled revolutionaries
Finally! A university administration with a spine. Good news that at least one transferred to another school. I suggest the university expel the others and refuse to refund tuition. If the university doesn’t have rules in place to make that possible, they need to establish those rules pronto.