Schools are still not going far enough in terms of punishment, but they’ve definitely upped their game from last spring.
The Brown Daily Herald reports:
Brown University suspends Students for Justice in Palestine pending investigationThe University temporarily suspended Brown’s chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine pending an external investigation into conduct violations at a pro-divestment protest held earlier this month.University policy stipulates that suspended groups lose “all rights and privileges associated with being a recognized student group” on campus, which includes hosting events and group meetings, recruiting members and reserving spaces on campus for group activities.“Given the severity of alleged threatening, intimidating and harassing actions during an event on campus, Brown University has initiated a review of the event and required the Brown chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine to cease all organization activities pending full review of the matter,” University Spokesperson Brian Clark told The Herald.“The implementation of the interim measures is based on the severity of the alleged behavior and does not prejudge whether the organization violated policy,” he wrote.On Oct. 18, pro-divestment student activists gathered on the Main Green before marching down to the Warren Alpert Medical School to protest the Brown Corporation’s recent decision not to divest from 10 companies with ties to the Israeli military.Two days after the protest, Executive Vice President for Planning and Policy Russell Carey sent a community-wide email in which he described the demonstrators’ behavior as “entirely unacceptable” and warned of disciplinary consequences.Carey cited reports that protestors were “banging on a vehicle,” “screaming profanities at individuals” and at one point used a “racial epithet directed toward a person of color.” He noted that some of these actions may have violated the University’s Code of Student Conduct, and would be “reviewed through University disciplinary processes.”
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