Now you’ve got the “centrists” pissed. Even those faculty and others who don’t have a political position on Palestinian liberation or who otherwise would be uninvolved are angered by the new police state on campus, people being beaten, etc. www.chronicle.com/article/coll...

College Presidents Behaving Badly

Calling the police doesn’t dampen protests. It accelerates them, often with devastating consequences.

“Universities are making up the rules as they go, trying to suppress free speech on campus,” said Angela Miller, a professor of art history and archaeology and one of the faculty members facing discipline. “... It results in these jerry-rigged procedures.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/...

For college faculty, supporting protesters is a new job — and risk

College faculty members said they’ve felt a duty to support their students during pro-Palestinian protests even as they’ve faced arrests and suspensions.