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Some of the anti-Israel agitators who were arrested Wednesday as authorities dismantled an anti-Israel encampment on the University of California, Irvine campus, claimed to be professors at the college. At least 47 people were arrested after hundreds of protesters swarmed the campus and set up barricades, the university said Thursday. The chaos began when several hundred protesters entered the Physical …

Watching recent protests and violence on college campuses, one must ask where the adults are in the room. Boards, administrators, faculty, staff and parents all fit the bill. Someone taught these kids this kind of behavior, either actively or by neglect. Gen X deserves some scrutiny in all this. We are the gappers, the smaller generation between the Boomers and …

A judge in the United Kingdom ruled that a Japanese professor was incorrect in attributing racism to a comment from her superior about loving sushi. In September 2021, University of London Professor Nana Sato-Rossberg alleged that her boss, Provost Claire Ozanne, raised the subject of Japanese food and that her family likes this cuisine and that they eat sushi. This …

As the academic year draws to a close and commencements take place across the country, the universities are hoping that the energy of the anti-Israel protests is fading, despite declarations of intent to remain active this summer, including at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The protests have revealed something significant that must be monitored and addressed: Not only does …

Nearly 50 people were arrested after hundreds of anti-Israel protesters swarmed the campus of UC Irvine in California and set up barricades, the university confirmed Thursday. The university said that the 47 individuals arrested were charged with trespassing or failing to disperse after a direct police order. The booking process began on campus and those arrested were taken to the …

Jewish students, parents and professors from Ithaca, New York-based Cornell University voiced their disgust after President Martha E. Pollack shared her “gratitude” for anti-Israel agitators, thanking them for “remaining peaceful and nonviolent.” The students, parents and professors’ outrage came after Pollack, who recently announced her upcoming retirement, expressed her gratitude to protesters after the encampment was voluntarily taken down. “While …

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s faith-driven commencement address May 11 at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, caused some controversy. Read the transcript of his speech below. HARRISON BUTKER: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of 2024, I would like to start off by congratulating all of you for successfully making it to this achievement today. I’m sure your high …

Chicago police officers were seen on Thursday morning taking down an anti-Israel encampment that had persisted for more than two weeks at DePaul University.Officers in riot gear were seen on the North Side campus just before 6 a.m. to clear the encampment on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park quad, WLS reported. The encampment began on April 30. In a letter on …

A Harvard graduate student is suing the university over its handling of anti-Israel agitators and the rise in antisemitism on campus, which he describes as a “feature” of the Ivy League school. Harvard Divinity School student Shabbos Kestenbaum addressed the university’s “out-of-control” antisemitism in a scathing op-ed, where he accused the university of dismissing safety concerns of Jewish students while …

FIRST ON FOX – The “West Point for Democratic operatives,” which credits itself for aiding President Biden’s victory, hired a digital director, who previously shared that “terrorism is the dream of politics.” Johannah King-Slutzky landed the digital director gig at the Democratic-aligned The Arena during the Fall in 2019, a few years after she had made a post discussing “terrorism” …