Virginia Commonwealth University Students Walk Out on Governor Glenn Youngkin at Commencement
"quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves"...
"quietly filed out of the Greater Richmond Convention Center, some wearing kaffiyeh scarves"...
"No duty of care to your Jewish students or donors has been shown. This shames the pluralist ethos of the college"...
"Israel is leading a multifront war on the people of Palestine that can only be described as ethnic cleansing and genocide"...
“It’s outrageous, it’s an affront to workers everywhere”...
"It's concerning for alumni of these institutions as well as prospective students"...
“the protest was becoming more volatile and less stable”...
“would include such considerations as whether grants facilitate illegal occupations abroad, limit free speech, or support the oppression of minorities” ...
"Universities should not be picking up the tab for extremists."...
"Students have abandoned their classes to harass other students and disrupt campus-wide activities, including university commencement ceremonies nationwide. Enough is enough"...
“What has occurred more recently, with the pandemic and with all this nonsense going on, post October 7th, and all the rest has just been a bit of an accelerant.”...
"when Kaminsky, 33, spoke up about it, the school retaliated against her, the suit alleges"...
"When people started pushing back, suddenly the administrators got some backbone."...
"We had almost all of our Israeli flags and our American flags either thrown all over the campus, thrown in the garbage, or ripped"...
"The entire encampment has been torn down. Protestors continue to be arrested. A helicopter was spotted above campus."...
"what is currently happening at GW is not a peaceful protest protected by the First Amendment or our university’s policies"...
“We can build an inclusive environment in many ways, but compelled statements impinge on freedom of expression, and they don’t work.”...
“So, there is no doubt that the toxicity and the racialization of education contributed to a movement that now explicitly seeks to take down our country”...
"It’s a stark contrast to 2020, when the murder of George Floyd unleashed a racial justice movement that prompted companies to double down on policies aiming to increase opportunity for groups that have historically faced discrimination."...
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