Carnegie Mellon Tightens Fence Rules After Repeated Antisemitic Messages
”We want the Fence to remain a safe and welcoming part of our campus community”
The ‘Free Palestine!’ mob thinks nothing of scrawling their hatred for all to see.
Campus Reform reports:
Carnegie Mellon cracks down on Fence vandalism following anti-Israel messages
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has increased enforcement of rules regarding its iconic campus Fence after multiple incidents of messages the university deemed threatening were painted, including repeated displays of the phrase “Death to Zionism.”
Painting the Fence is one of CMU’s oldest traditions, in which students can hand-paint messages overnight. University rules limit painting exclusively to CMU students between the hours of midnight and sunrise. The rules require at least two students to continuously guard the Fence while painting.
University officials said that the recent incidents also involved non-students painting the Fence, prompting campus police to begin checking the identification of students painting the landmark during overnight hours to ensure university rules are adhered to.
In a statement, the university said it had received “multiple reports of vandalism and reports of non-CMU students and individuals unaffiliated with the university participating in painting the Fence.”
The increased enforcement follows several incidents involving anti-Israel messages.
CMU President Farnam Jahanian reported that the phrase “death to Zionism” was painted on the Fence multiple times, including once in Yiddish. Jahanian said the university determined that the message “incites or implies violence or reasonably can be viewed as threatening to members of our community.”
An earlier Fence message included the phrase “Free Palestine” followed by small text that reads “by any means necessary.” Jahanian said anonymous messages that incite or imply violence are “categorically unacceptable.”
”We want the Fence to remain a safe and welcoming part of our campus community,” Vice President of Operations Daryl Weinert said.
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