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Calls are mounting to temporarily shutter schools plagued by anti-Israel unrest as most colleges continue to pursue a hands-off approach to the encampments — even as the vitriol increasingly includes explicit threats of violence against Jews and others who don’t support the metastasizing movement. “Columbia should shut down campus entirely, take all learning remote, but also padlock the campus and …

Let’s be clear. What’s happening at Columbia, Yale, Michigan, New York University and other college campuses around the country isn’t a protest: it’s a violent, pro-Hamas mob threatening and attacking Jewish students by spreading antisemitic hate. This has no place in America, and no university should permit this harassment on its campus. By now, many have seen and heard the …

A new president has been named for McNeese State University in southwest Louisiana. The University of Louisiana System announced Thursday that Wade Rousse will succeed Daryl Burckel, who announced in December that he was stepping down after seven years. LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY SELECTS NEW CHAIRMAN Rousse currently serves as the university’s executive vice president. He has worked at the university …

A CNN reporter cut his live report short on Wednesday after hewas surroundedby anti-Israel protesters at the University of Southern California (USC). During a trip to Los Angeles, CNN National Correspondent Nick Watt admitted the atmosphere was getting “unpleasant” and said people in the crowd were attempting to “intimidate” his news crew. Watt tried to continue his reportasone protester filmed …

NEW YORK CITY – As Columbia University officials continue to negotiate with a group of anti-Israel agitators who set up tents on a lawn at the heart of campus, Jewish and Israeli students say the presence and the aggression of the protesters has them afraid to walk through the area after sundown. “I’ve had a friend who was beaten up,” …

Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier said Thursday that while pro and anti-Israel demonstrations on his campus and others around the country are protected as free speech, violence at these rallies is not and should be punished by school authorities. “So this has nothing to do with free speech,” Diermeier told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” co-host Mika Brzezinski when asked to weigh …

A large demonstration by anti-Israel agitators at New York University (NYU)was metwith condemnation by Jewish students and onlookers passing through the area on Monday, with many in the crowd verbally expressing displeasure at the rowdy scene. “I don’t think they know what they’re protesting for,” Jewish NYU student Natalie told Fox News Digital. “I think there are a lot of …

If you think getting tickets to a Taylor Swift concert or the World Series is tough, try booking a hotel room in an American college town for Graduation Day. Toni Milbourne faced this before her daughter’s graduation from West Virginia University in May. Hotel room rates in Morgantown doubled before the local event. In a nearby town, prices more than …

Pamphlets declaring “Death to America” were shared at a growing anti-Israel encampment at the University of Michigan this week, according to an eyewitness. One of the pamphlets, titled “10 anarchist theses on Palestine solidarity in the United States,” was made available for students to take and read. The pamphlet discusses a wide-ranging set of opinions related to the confrontation between …

An anti-Israel student group behind a fiery protest on the campus of Columbia University in New York City says it walked away from talks with school leaders until administrators pledge not to have them arrested or forcefully removed from their encampment on the Ivy League institution’s West Lawn. “Since good faith negotiations are impossible if one side threatens to use …