Columbia U. removes three deans from posts over texts containing 'antisemitic tropes'



Columbia University removed three deans from their posts over texts they sent that "disturbingly touched on ancient antisemitic tropes" during a May forum about Jewish issues, the New York Times reported, citing a Monday letter school officials sent to the university community.

The Times said Columbia is still employing the deans, but the school placed them on indefinite leave, and the trio won't return to their previous jobs.

Kromm texted her colleagues two vomit emojis, the paper said.

Columbia President Nemat Shafik called the texts “unacceptable and deeply upsetting, conveying a lack of seriousness about the concerns and the experiences of members of our Jewish community," the paper said.

The Times said the announcement came about a month after the Washington Free Beacon published photos showing some of the text messages the deans sent.

The three Columbia administrators in question are Cristen Kromm, formerly dean of undergraduate student life; Matthew Patashnick, formerly associate dean for student and family support; and Susan Chang-Kim, formerly vice dean and chief administrative officer, the paper said, adding that they didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Times said Josef Sorett, dean of Columbia College, also took part in the text exchange, but university provost Angela V. Olinto said Sorett will remain in his position. “Dean Sorett and I will work together to mend relationships, repair trust, and rebuild accountability,” Olinto wrote, according to the paper.

Some Columbia alumni have called the incident "Textgate," the Times said.

More from the paper:

On May 31, in the aftermath of student protests and congressional hearings called to address antisemitism on college campuses, Columbia hosted during its reunion weekend a panel discussion called “Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future.” The panel’s speakers included Brian Cohen, the executive director of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, the Jewish students organization; and David Schizer, the former dean of the law school and a chair of the university’s antisemitism task force.

The three administrators and Dr. Sorett were in the audience, and a person sitting behind Ms. Chang-Kim photographed the text messages she was exchanging with her colleagues. The images were shared with The Washington Free Beacon, a conservative website, which published an article.

The Times said Patashnick texted that one panelist was “taking full advantage of this moment," which presented "huge fundraising potential."

The paper added that Kromm's texts referred to “Sounding the Alarm,” an Oct. 24 essay that campus rabbi Yonah Hain penned for the Columbia student newspaper. Hain wrote that campus groups saying they “stand in full solidarity with Palestinian resistance” following the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel represented the “community’s normalization of Hamas,” the Times reported, adding that Hain called it “a point-of-no-return moment at Columbia.”

Kromm texted her colleagues two vomit emojis, the paper said.

During the panel, Chang-Kim exchanged texts with Sorett, who replied “LMAO” — i.e., "laughing my ass off” — to Chang-Kim following what the Times called her "snarky remark" about Cohen.

The paper said the three administrators were put on leave in late June pending a university investigation.

The Times said in the wake of the removal of the three deans, Sorett wrote a letter to the Columbia community, saying he recognizes “that some of the texts suggest a seeming dismissiveness with regards to the impact that the global rise of antisemitism has had on Columbia’s campus" and that he's “dedicated to leading the College community to higher standards of professionalism, and to rebuilding trust.”

The paper noted that Sorett staying in his position likely will anger some alumni and community members, as more than 1,000 of them — including hedge fund investor Dan Loeb — signed a petition demanding his removal as dean.

The Times also reported that many alumni were angry over Sorett's weak apology in June, noting that when the texts came to light, he sent an email saying he has "already spoken to each person involved and we understand that, as leaders, we are held to a higher standard.” However, Sorett also called the photos of the text messages “an invasion of privacy," the paper added. About a week later, Sorett sent a second email saying that “I deeply regret my role in these text exchanges," the Times added.

What's more, Columbia also announced Monday that university students, faculty, and staff this fall will undergo required anti-discrimination training — and it will include a focus on anti-Semitism, the paper said.

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Alan Dershowitz torches anti-Israel 'Hitler Youth' on college campuses, says he's worried that 'they are our future leaders'



Iconic attorney Alan Dershowitz ripped the "Hitler Youth" he's observed "marching against Israel on college campuses" — and shared a major concern that "they are our future leaders."

In a preview of Memorial Day remembrances, Dershowitz on Sunday addressed that crisis and others facing America in an interview on WABC-AM’s “Cats Roundtable" show.

'What worries me is 10, 15 years from now, these Hitler Youth will be members of Congress, will be on the editorial board of the New York Times, will be owning media stations … and [will] substitute their own radical progressive anti-American craziness for the stability that our Constitution calls for.'

"We who care deeply, we who care for the people who died who we remember on Memorial Day, they fought for our freedom, and we're giving it up too easily," he said.

"We have to fight back, and there's not enough fighting back," Dershowitz exclaimed.

Speaking about the anti-Israel protests on college campuses, he observed that "this is much like what happened in Germany in the early 1930s, when Nazi students blocked Jews from entering universities. This is a lot like the lead-up to what happened in the 1940s."

The former Harvard law professor added that during Harvard's recent graduation, "students walked out. Students wore Hamas-supportive garb. Students were on Hamas’ side, and they are our future leaders. That's what worries me. What worries me is 10, 15 years from now, these Hitler Youth will be members of Congress, will be on the editorial board of the New York Times, will be owning media stations … and [will] substitute their own radical progressive anti-American craziness for the stability that our Constitution calls for."

In light of such concerns, Dershowitz urged Americans with "common sense" to "prioritize" larger issues, such as keeping our nation "strong" and securing U.S interests abroad.

Dershowitz also lamented that American colleges and universities "are going to hell” through the implementation of diversity, equity, and inclusion mandates — and added that DEI is "anti-Semitic to its core and anti-intellectual and anti-progress and anti-meritocracy."

"The big enemy of the hard left today is meritocracy," he told show host John Catsimatidis. "People like you and me, we made it by hard work, we made it on our merits ... we worked hard, and we succeeded. And that's anathema to the people on the progressive left. They don't want that. They want people to be rewarded only for the color of their skin and for identity politics. And we show ... that you can make it on your own, but they don't like that. And they don't like the fact that Israel made it on its own — a poor country with no natural resources becomes the high-tech giant. They hate Israel for that because they hate meritocracy."

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Video: Bill Maher's incisive argument for Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas leaves 'The View' speechless



"Real Time" host Bill Maher appeared as a guest on Tuesday's episode of "The View" and offered a powerful argument for Israel's right to defend itself against terror group Hamas.

Maher's incisive speech left each of the show's co-hosts speechless — but after several moments of awkward silence, most of them applauded.

'Hamas needs to be destroyed because they are a terrorist organization who say openly that they want to commit genocide on the Jewish people, on the state of Israel. That's what 'from the river to the sea' means.'

The segment began with a disagreement about how the word "woke" should be used, after which Maher — as he often does — skewered the "super far left" for their un-liberal ideology. Maher then deadpanned, "Don't tell me that the left hasn't changed. I mean, I'm old enough to remember when it was the conservatives who hated the Jews."

The quiet from the crowd communicated that they either didn't like — or didn't get — his joke, but Maher made a better point by noting how disturbed he's been, "watching people protest for a terrorist organization like Hamas." Maher soon added that "it's astounding to me" that pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses "can't tell the good guys from the bad guys. I mean, just morally ... let me tell you, if you're for Hamas, just live in Gaza for a day. And I'm not talking about while the war is on; I mean before the war. Trust me, you would go running and screaming and begging to live in Tel Aviv. A place that has your values."

Maher added that "women have no rights" in Gaza or "in a lot of majority-Muslim countries around the world. I mean, there's no equal rights as far as speech, dress, opportunities for education, reproductive rights, freedom from sexual violence, freedom from sexual harassment." He also said that while pro-Palestinian protesters "throw around the word 'apartheid,' there's a gender apartheid in a lot of the world where women are second-class citizens, at best."

With that, co-host Sunny Hostin invoked a popular left-wing "what-about-ism," asking Maher if he's at all concerned about "innocent civilians" in Gaza who've been "punished and murdered, largely children and women."

Maher soon shot back that "it's a war," and Israel was "attacked, and they're defending themselves." He then asked Hostin if she believes Hamas "needs to be destroyed." She replied, "Yes."

Maher then hit "The View" co-hosts with the following argument for Israel's right to defend itself:

Hamas needs to be destroyed because they are a terrorist organization who say openly that they want to commit genocide on the Jewish people, on the state of Israel. That's what 'from the river to the sea' means. ... They've attacked Israel five times and started five wars since they were given that land back. They could have chosen to turn [Gaza] into any place they wanted ... and they took a lot of money ... from the international community, and they spent it on bombs and guns and building tunnels. So if they need to be destroyed, how do we do that? It's a war. I don't know how to do that, and you don't know how to do that. ... Here's a way to stop that: Stop attacking Israel.

The co-hosts around the table sat in total silence for what seemed like forever — as did the audience — but after the three seconds with no mouths moving, most of the co-hosts applauded, along with the crowd.

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Watch: Anti-Israel protesters walk out on Jerry Seinfeld's Duke commencement speech, boo Jewish comedian, wave Palestinian flags



Comedian Jerry Seinfeld not only got booed while delivering his commencement speech at Duke University, but anti-Israel protesters ruined the ceremony by walking out and waving Palestinian flags.

Video shows several students walking out during Seinfeld's commencement speech at Duke University on Sunday. The iconic Jewish comedian is seen being serenaded by boos and shouts of "Free Palestine" in the video.

Video of the college event shows a group of students walking out of their seats and carrying a Palestinian flag as soon as Seinfeld took the stage.

However, some students chanted a positive message of: "Jerry! Jerry!"

Seinfeld opened his commencement speech with a few jokes before advising graduates that there are "three real keys to life."

"Whatever you're doing, I don't care if it's your job, your hobby, a relationship, getting a reservation at M Sushi," the comedian stated. "Make an effort. Just pure, stupid, no-real-idea-what-I'm-doing-here effort. Effort always yields a positive value, even if the outcome of the effort is absolute failure of the desired result. This is a rule of life. Just swing the bat and pray is not a bad approach to a lot of things."'

"Find something where you love the good parts and don’t mind the bad parts too much — the torture you’re comfortable with," the "Seinfeld" star stated.

He added, "This is the golden path to victory in life. Work. Exercise. Relationships. They all have a solid component of pure torture, and they are all 1,000% worth it."

"I can't imagine how sick you are of hearing about following your passion. I say, the hell with passion," Seinfeld told the students. "Find something you can do. That would be great. If you try something and it doesn't work, that's okay, too. Most things do not work."

Seinfeld told graduates that he admires their generation's ambitions "to create a more just and inclusive society," but stressed that they should "not lose your sense of humor."

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In October, Seinfeld voiced his support on Instagram for Israel after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks that killed more than 1,200 people and kidnapped an additional 252.

In December, Seinfeld reportedly visited the headquarters of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in Tel Aviv and had an "emotional" meeting, according to Haaretz.

Seinfeld had previously received an honorary degree from Duke University.

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College paints over anti-Semitic messages on walls; protesting students stand in way — and get themselves some primer



Case Western Reserve University ordered anti-Semitic messages on a pair of walls at the Cleveland college painted over this week — and video caught the moment when pro-Palestinian students standing in front of one wall got hit with spray paint themselves.

What are the details?

University President Eric Kaler on Monday said pro-Palestinian protesters painted an advocacy wall near Eldred Hall with threatening and anti-Semitic language and later painted the Spirit Wall near Thwing Center with intimidating language, WJW-TV reported.

"The lengths this university goes to defend Zionist Genocidal interests is insane."

Kaler said in an email that the messaging on the walls was “threatening, intimidating, and anti-Semitic,” Cleveland.com reported, adding that the college hired contractors to paint over the walls early Tuesday morning.

Well, some pro-Palestinian students weren't having it and stood in front of one of the walls, presumably believing the contractors would spray-paint around them.

Uh, not so much.

Here's how Case Western's chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine described the scene:

"The lengths this university goes to defend Zionist Genocidal interests is insane," the SJP post on Instagram reads.

Cleveland.com reported that 18-year-old Ameer Alkayali is seen in the video being spray-painted. A Palestinian-American who just finished his freshman year at the University of Cincinnati, Alkayali has been protesting with Case Western students since the first day of their encampment last week, the outlet said.

“I stood against the wall, and the painters asked, ‘Should we continue?’ The cops showed general confusion and didn’t tell them to stop,” Alkayali told Cleveland.com. “So, as seen in the video, they continue to just paint right over us. They told us to not put our hands in front of the machine because it’s dangerous. And we put our hands up, and they still continued to paint on our hands and sprayed us with it?”

Alkayali told the outlet he's planning legal action against Case Western and its public safety department: “We were coughing, and it didn’t come out of my skin for hours. Like it’s still in my hair. I can see it under my nails, and there was no sort of medical or any assistance with the situation after from Case or local police.”

'I am disturbed by what occurred'

Kaler in a Wednesday morning statement said he was “deeply sorry” about the students’ treatment, WJW reported, adding that the school president's statement reads, in part:

I have reviewed video footage, which depicts students blocking the wall as a third-party contractor spray painted directly onto protesters as he attempted to finish painting the wall, and I am disturbed by what occurred.

Let me be clear: No students — or any individuals — should ever be treated this way, especially on a campus where our core values center on providing a safe, welcoming environment. This is not who we are as an institution, and I am deeply sorry this ever occurred.

The university will continue to fully investigate these actions and hold individuals responsible for this behavior, including the failure of our own officers to intervene.

Again, I want to reiterate my sincere regret for this incident. As with any violation of our codes of conduct, we will take action to hold them accountable.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Police Chief Annie Todd issued a joint statement on Wednesday that suggests protesters faced “criminal interference” with their First Amendment rights, WJW also said, adding that their statement reads, in part:

Cleveland is a city for everyone, and we must respect the thoughts, feelings, and voices of those who come from various backgrounds. These diverse perspectives are what makes us special, and ultimately stronger, as a city. Our community deserves venues where they have the ability to constitutionally express their opinions openly without fear of criminal interference.

We support 1st Amendment rights and implore CWRU leadership to consider this and think about how the decisions they make and the actions they take — especially against those who are abiding by the law — will influence some of the progress we have collectively made as a city. At the same time, we urge individuals to demonstrate peacefully.

Anything else?

Cleveland.com reported that the Spirit Wall was painted again Tuesday night — but with a pro-Israel message: “They call for intifada so we call them terrorists.”

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Blaze News investigates: These 25 firms sponsored employee MBAs from Columbia — where Jews are harassed. Where do they stand?



New York City's Columbia University arguably has been ground zero for pro-Palestinian protests in the United States in recent weeks, as demonstrators captured headlines for their outrage and resistance against authority figures while influencing students on other campuses to follow suit.

Claiming the state of Israel has been committing "genocide" against Gaza in the months since terror group Hamas — which controls Gaza — carried out the deadly Oct. 7 surprise attack against Israel, pro-Palestinian protesters want Columbia University to divest from Israel, among other demands.

“The encampment has been the center of round-the-clock harassment of Jewish students, who have been punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes and moving freely about campus."

To make their point, Columbia students broke out their tents and erected illegal encampments on the Manhattan campus and even took over Hamilton Hall — just like anti-Vietnam War protesters did in 1968.

But along the way, a big problem has arisen at Columbia: reports of anti-Semitism. Jewish students getting harassed and intimidated — and worse.

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While Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has disputed claims that she's allowed anti-Semitism to grow on campus, the Associated Press reported that some Jewish students insist anti-Semitism goes unchecked there, noting one was beaten while putting up posters of Israeli hostages — not to mention the continuous chants of "there is only one solution" and "from the river to the sea," which call for the destruction of Israel.

'Punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes'

NewsNation said an anonymous student is suing Columbia, saying some pro-Palestinian protesters are “continuing to commit acts of violence, they are intimidating and harassing Jewish students and faculty members, they are inciting demonstrators to engage in hate speech and also commit acts of violence, which has been taking place, and they have even called for terrorist attacks against the United States and the State of Israel.”

NewsNation's Leland Vittert read more of what's in the lawsuit: “The encampment has been the center of round-the-clock harassment of Jewish students, who have been punched, shoved, spat upon, blocked from attending classes and moving freely about campus."

Blaze News spoke to first-year Columbia student Parker De Dekér, who said just days before Passover week he was on his way to a gathering at the Chabad house when someone hollered at him, "You f***ing Jew!"

"The only way they could identify me as Jewish was my yarmulke," De Dekér recounted to Blaze News, noting that a friend soon advised him to cease wearing it as doing so was "not safe."

De Dekér told Blaze News, "I took off my yarmulke and put it in my pocket." When he arrived at the gathering, he said he put it back on — but then removed it again when he left the Chabad house.

The experience of feeling "powerless" was "emotionally upsetting," De Dekér recalled — and he said he shed tears that night.

25 companies

Blaze News has taken a look at the executive masters of business administration program at Columbia Business School for working professionals.

One of the program's requirements is that the companies who employ the eMBA candidates must "sponsor" them. Not necessarily financially — although Columbia Business School notes that the "total cost of the Executive MBA Program for May 2023 and August 2023 entry is $239,880."

Certainly not a dollar amount most individuals can easily shell out on their own.

Columbia Business School says "more than 800 organizations — across industries, in countries around the world — have sponsored one or more students" for the eMBA program.

Blaze News went through the list and picked out 25 readily recognizable companies and reached out to them with a question: Do they want to continue sponsoring employees through this program when Jewish students have been harassed, intimidated, and victimized by anti-Semitism on Columbia's campus?

The companies we questioned are:

  1. Accenture
  2. Aetna Inc.
  3. American Express Company
  4. Amtrak
  5. AT&T
  6. Bank of America, N.A.
  7. Citigroup Inc.
  8. Deutsche Bank Securities, New York
  9. Google Inc.
  10. Honeywell International
  11. IBM Corp.
  12. Johnson & Johnson
  13. Lockheed Martin
  14. Marriott International
  15. Mastercard International
  16. MetLife Inc.
  17. Microsoft Corporation
  18. Morgan Stanley
  19. Nickelodeon
  20. PepsiCo International
  21. Philip Morris USA
  22. Pfizer Inc.
  23. Samsung Electronics America Inc.
  24. Verizon Wireless
  25. Xerox Corporation

How did the companies respond?

CitiGroup Inc. told Blaze News it "will decline comment at this time." Philip Morris USA referred Blaze News' question to Altria, its parent company — and Altria did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

None of the remaining companies immediately responded to Blaze News' request for comment, either.

What does Columbia have to say?

Columbia University didn't immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment.

'Straight-out calls for the genocide of Jews'

Jay Edelson, one of the attorneys representing the student in the aforementioned lawsuit against Columbia University, noted that "there are straight-out calls for the genocide of Jews. This has happened because of complacency and appeasement by our academic institutions. This isn't the 1930s. We're not in Germany. We're going to stand up, and we're gonna fight back."

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Blaze News original: Mob rules — pro-Hamas campus protesters' most disgusting behavior caught on video



Mobs of pro-Palestinian, Hamas-loving, Israel-hating protesters have wreaked havoc on dozens of college campuses across America, with the most intense displays taking place in the last week.

Practically without exception, they hide their faces with masks and hoods — curiously, just like violent leftists Antifa — and wear keffiyeh scarves to visually announce their allegiance to the "intifada revolution."

They continually call for the destruction of Israel with chants such as "there is only one solution" and "from the river to the sea" — which can't be very endearing for Jewish students to hear.

They rarely act alone — and get noticeably braver and more strident when they mob around and gang up on individuals. Again, just like Antifa.

Arguably worst of all, they bully and intimidate anyone who stands in their way — and as usual, pretty much without exception as part of a mob.

The following are some of their worst behaviors caught on video.

Columbia mob manhandles two students who try to protect Hamilton Hall

Rory Wilson and his friend Charles Beck stood in front of the doors of Hamilton Hall — the target of a pro-Palestinian student takeover.

"It was a matter of trying to stand for what I believe is right, even if ultimately we weren't able to stop the mob," Rory Wilson — a Christian who has some Jewish lineage and Israeli relatives — told Fox News.

One thing the pro-Hamas, bullying students love to do is line up in pathways and doorways on campus to prevent other students from passing through — a power move that shows who's boss that doesn't seem to elicit much pushback.

This time Wilson and Beck tried the same thing — just the two of them. Here's how that played out:

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The mob soon dragged Beck away, and Wilson stood his ground for a while until things got too dangerous, the cable network said.

Wilson added to Fox News that an aging leftist chewed him out, too: "She was harassing me the entire time. She was attacking me, saying, ‘Do you guys think you’re white saviors? Check your white male privilege. Who do you think you are? This isn't doing anything.’"

UCLA pro-Palestinians nauseatingly prevent free movement on campus

When the mob rules, its members apparently get to decide who gets to go where. Here's what that looked like, over and over again, in chilling instances caught on video at the University of California, Los Angeles:

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Same student, different instance — again just trying to walk on campus:

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KCAL-TV took a look at the human blockades:

Their territorial bent wasn't reserved for students, either.

Check out UCLA freedom fighters gang up on and press up against an independent journalist, preventing him from moving an inch. By the end, it looks like an advantage of 15 or so against one. So stunning and brave:

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Unofficial gatekeepers block stairs with metal gates — and even hand out wristbands to those deemed worthy to pass through like ticket-takers. Where are the authorities?

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The following videos lay bare the privilege on overdrive that the pro-Hamas protesters at UCLA exhibit — and kudos to this guy, who calls them out and gets it all on camera:

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'Israel must fall!' 'Long live the intifada!'

How do you imagine Jewish students must feel if they're courageous enough to go outside and walk to class?

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Or here:

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An Israeli flag infuriates thug at UC Berkeley

Watch the action here at the University of California, Berkeley — you know, the epicenter of free speech and tolerance — when a violent male lays his eyes on an Israeli flag:

'It's the cool thing to be against Israel, to be against the Jewish people'

A Jewish freshman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison told MacIver News Service that he's feeling "a little scared" in the face of the pro-Palestinian protests happening on campus.

He told the outlet when he tried to document what was happening with his phone, "I was surrounded by 10 people with scarves, jackets, and they were pushing me around, getting very close. ... As a Jewish student here, I feel that it's the cool thing to be against Israel, to be against the Jewish people. And I see it happening more and more throughout classes, I see it happening with faculty and staff, and I think it's terrible that the campus hasn't done anything about it. I'm all for free speech; I'm all for the freedom to come together and stand up for what you believe in, but everything with the right intentions and keeping everybody safe."

Watch what happens soon after when pro-Palestinian freedom fighters notice the kid is freely talking to a journalist:

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The journalist confronts their lack of civility — and their responses are predictable. But hey, at least they're not covering their faces:

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Here's more UWM fun, courtesy of MacIver News Service:

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Ole Miss frat kicks out member who carried out 'racist actions' during counter-protest against pro-Palestinian students



A University of Mississippi fraternity kicked out a member who carried out "racist actions" during a counter-protest against pro-Palestinian students Thursday.

Time referred to a clip of a "student making racist gestures, seemingly imitating a monkey, toward a Black woman."

Phi Delta Theta General Headquarters stated Sunday that the "racist actions in the video were those of an individual and are antithetical to the values of Phi Delta Theta and the Mississippi Alpha chapter. The responsible individual was removed from membership on Friday, May 3."

In addition, the university opened a student conduct investigation over "actions that conveyed hostility and racist overtones," National Public Radio reported.

More from NPR:

One video shows a Black woman and a group of white male counterprotesters yelling at each other. In it, a man imitates the sounds and dance of a monkey toward the woman, while others in the crowd chant "Lock her up!"

In a letter to students and faculty the next day, university Chancellor Glenn Boyce said that "university leaders are aware that some statements made were offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable," and have launched an investigation into the conduct of one student. "We are working to determine whether more cases are warranted," he added.

"Behaviors and comments that demean people because of their race or ethnicity marginalize them and undermine the values that are fundamental to a civil and safe society," Boyce wrote.

The school's student government issued a statement saying “unacceptable remarks were made" during the incident that "departed from our cherished values.”

U.S. Rep. Mike Collins (R-Georgia) shared the now-viral video on X and captioned it, "Ole Miss taking care of business." Numerous commenters accused Collins of racism.

More than 200 students showed up to the counter-protest with U.S. flags and red, white, and blue attire to drown out a much smaller group of pro-Palestinian protesters.

The Clarion Ledger reported that the pro-Palestinian protesters were evacuated from campus.

WMC-TV said in its video report that a pro-Palestinian protester threw a water bottle into the crowd of counter-protesters — and then bottles and food were flying in both directions.

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'We believe in God and Jesus ... we don’t stand for that': Pro-Hamas radicals evacuated from Ole Miss — in face of Old Glory



Taking a page from the playbook of University of North Carolina fraternity brothers who captured America's heart for protecting a U.S. flag on campus this week amid anti-Israel protests, more than 200 students at the University of Mississippi showed up with U.S. flags and red, white, and blue attire to drown out a much smaller group of pro-Palestinian protesters Thursday.

In fact, the pro-Palestinian demonstrators were evacuated from the campus of Ole Miss, the Clarion Ledger reported.

What are the details?

WMC-TV reported that the pro-Palestinian protest was supposed to start at the University Circle but was forced to move after a group of students blocked off the area, saying they were protecting the flag.

“I believe that is just the most important thing for us to do right now is protect everything we stand for,” Ole Miss student Aubrey Grace told the station, adding that "recently with the encampments across the nation, you have seen violence on other school campuses, and that is something that we cannot tolerate, especially as Americans."

The Ledger said upward of 60 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered on the Quad, and then things heated up when the counter-protesters showed up.

WMC added in its video report that a pro-Palestinian protester threw a water bottle into the crowd of pro-Israel protesters — and then bottles and food were flying in both directions.

Soon, police led the pro-Palestinian protesters into the School of Applied Sciences building, the Ledger said. Jacob Batte, Ole Miss director of media relations, confirmed to the paper that the pro-Palestinian protesters had been safely evacuated from campus on buses.

There reportedly were no arrests or injuries, WHBQ-TV reported.

Pryce Parker — an Ole Miss student who joined the counter protest — told WHBQ in regard to the pro-Palestinian protesters that "you can’t take over our campus like the campuses in the north. This is a southern campus. We believe in God and Jesus, and we don’t stand for that.”

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Columbia protester asked for 'humanitarian aid' for Hamilton Hall occupiers so they don't 'die of dehydration and starvation'



A Columbia University anti-Israel protest leader held a press conference Tuesday during which she expressed her desire that students occupying Hamilton Hall get "humanitarian aid" — you know, so they don't "die of dehydration and starvation."

While New York City police entered the building Tuesday night and made arrests, getting an earful and eyeful of this protest leader and her wish list for her ultra-privileged, radical peers is still quite informative.

Some might even say entertaining:

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A reporter asked her, "Why should the university be obligated to provide food to people who've taken over a building?"

She replied, "Well, first of all, we're saying that they're obligated to provide food to students who pay for a meal plan here."

That's right. Meal plan.

The reporter continued: "You mentioned that there was a request that food and water be brought in."

If you didn't think the protest leader — garbed in the familiar keffiyeh scarf that's pretty much required clothing for anti-Israel college students — lacked self-awareness before, she lets it all hang out from here on in.

"To allow it to be brought in," she said. "I mean, well, I guess it's ultimately a question of what kind of community and obligation Columbia feels it has to its students. Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill even if they disagree with you? If the answer is no, then you should allow basic — I mean, it's crazy to say because we are on an Ivy League campus, but this is like basic humanitarian aid we're asking for. Like, could people please have a glass of water?"

The reporter, refreshingly, wasn't buying it.

"But they did put themselves ... very deliberately in that situation, in that position, so it seems like you're sort of saying, 'We wanna be revolutionaries, we wanna take over this building — now would you please bring us food and water?'"

The protest leader replied, "Nobody's asking them to bring anything. We're asking them to not violently stop us from bringing in basic humanitarian aid."

Another reporter inquired if Columbia was preventing food from getting to the protesters, and the protest leader replied, "We are looking for a commitment from them that they will not stop it. ... I don't know to what extent it has been attempted, but we're looking for a commitment."

Anything else?

In response to the Post Millennial's video of the protest leader, journalist Jordan Schachtel added on X that "I did a quick search and found that this lady, who refused to reveal her name, is named Johannah King-Slutzky. She is a paid instructor & PhD candidate at Columbia studying 'theories of the imagination & poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens.' No, I'm not making this up."

The Post Millennial reported that King-Slutsky had been listed on Columbia's website as a Ph.D. student on Tuesday morning, but the page was missing by Tuesday evening. The outlet said King-Slutsky's biography read, "My dissertation is on fantasies of limitless energy in the transatlantic Romantic imagination from 1760-1860. My goal is to write a prehistory of metabolic rift, Marx’s term for the disruption of energy circuits caused by industrialization under capitalism. I am particularly interested in theories of the imagination and poetry as interpreted through a Marxian lens in order to update and propose an alternative to historicist ideological critiques of the Romantic imagination. Prior to joining Columbia, I worked as a political strategist for leftist and progressive causes and remain active in the higher education labor movement."

More from the Post Millennial:

King-Slutsky has a long history of activism. In January, she attended an event where the head of the UAW was speaking. "Johannah King-Slutzky, a Columbia University graduate student and member of the student workers union within the UAW, was one of several attendees who chanted 'ceasefire now' during Fain’s afternoon speech Monday. The union called for a ceasefire in Gaza in December," WHYY reported.

“Right now he’s done nothing to earn my vote,” WHYY reported King-Slutzky as saying, because “he has not acted with urgency to stop the genocide in Gaza.”

In 2021, she participated in a campus strike of graduate student workers.

This story has been updated.

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