Cornell President Martha Pollack Resigning
Pollack has been under pressure for her handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on campus....
Pollack has been under pressure for her handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on campus....
“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"...
"[They're] not monitoring our health. They are not keeping track of our vitals. They are not at all taking care of us."...
"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"...
"We will not return to a campus that is extremely dangerous for Black, Palestinian, Middle Eastern, Latinx, South Asian, Arab, Muslim, trans, queer, and other communities who are disproportionately profiled by police"...
"The entire encampment has been torn down. Protestors continue to be arrested. A helicopter was spotted above campus."...
The tents literally went in the garbage truck....
"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.”...
"Three dozen protesters were either detained or arrested at a “Gaza solidarity encampment” April 30 and charged with trespassing, a misdemeanor."...
"Their attempts to exclude transgender women from NCAA sports actually hurt all women...
“Disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest!”...
“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”...
The school moved classes located in the building to another building for Tuesday....
"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."...
"I think that higher-ed leaders need to hold strong right now and not cave in to people that want to crush free inquiry."...
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