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Round-up: Campus Chaos Continues Over Israel-Hamas Conflict - May 14

Harvard University and student protesters have negotiated an end to the pro-Palestinian encampment in Harvard Yard, agreeing to discuss student questions about the endowment and to quickly process petitions for reinstatement of suspended students. The apparently peaceful outcome is one that has eluded many other campuses where officials have resorted to calling the police to clear demonstrators.
The pro-Palestinian protests on campuses across the country over the past six months has led to the creation of Mothers Against College Antisemitism or MACA, whose 60,000 members have filled administrators’ inboxes and voicemails with their concerns. They’ve advocated for documentary showings to be canceled, for divestment resolutions to be rejected, and for colleges to remove antiwar encampments that have popped up across the country, according to reporting from The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Other headlines from across the country include:
 
These Parents Are Flooding College Administrators’ Inboxes With Complaints of Antisemitism
The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 14, 2024)
 
Some Professors See Pro-Palestinian Encampments as Outdoor Classrooms
The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 14, 2024)
 
Southwestern University Blasts Student’s Anti-Israel Commencement Speech
Inside Higher Ed (May 14, 2024)
 
Harvard Reaches Agreement With Protesters to End Encampment
The New York Times (May 14, 2024)
 
Pro-Palestinian Protests Dwindle on Campuses as Some US College Graduations Marked by Defiant Acts
Associated Press (May 14, 2024)
 
What’s The History of ‘Outside Agitators’? Here’s What to Know About the Label and Campus Protests
Associated Press (May 11, 2024)
 
 
Here’s Why I Reached an Agreement With Northwestern Protesters – Presidential Opinion
Chicago Tribune (May 10, 2024)
 
Today’s Protests Are Tamer Than the Campus Unrest of the 1960s. So Why the Harsh Response? - Commentary
Los Angeles Times (May 14, 2024)
 
‘We Have a Mass Movement of Young People Advancing Horrifying Ideas’ - Commentary
The Chronicle of Higher Education (May 14, 2024)
 
 

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