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College Insurrection Tag

In April, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow should have spoken during a forum at Harvard's Kennedy School. Before he could begin, student activists caused the event to end when they demanded that the school move its endowment away from prisons and fossil fuels. The story has become big news now because the school decided not to punish those involved. Harvard did not even threaten to punish the students.

Closing arguments in Gibson Bros. v. Oberlin College are scheduled for this Wednesday, then the jury gets the case. It's possible we will have a verdict this week. The events giving rise to the lawsuit have been said to represent “the worst of identity politics.”  You can read about some of the background on this case here.