💠U.S. Campuses Brace for Return of Pro-Palestine Protests(2)💠
Monday 02 September 2024Year 1960 Number 12337
💠U.S. Campuses Brace for Return of Pro-Palestine Protests(2) 💠
As tense as the end-of-semester protests were at some D.C. area schools, administrators, faculty, students and outside consultants said the spring could have been worse.
Graduation and summer break helped to defuse tensions as students left campuses.
Universities across the country have reshaped free expression policies in two ways, according to Ryan Ansloan of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Many, such as James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University, solidified guidelines that Ansloan said restrict free expression in favor of perceived campus safety, such as preventing students from protesting without prior approval.
Other policies included a ban on tents, limitations on where demonstrators can set up posters (largely on approved bulletin boards) or a rule requiring that anyone wearing a mask on university property show a valid ID if asked.
Violating those rules could result in being barred from university property and possible penalties for criminal trespassing.
Granberg, the GWU president, announced updated policies in a fall welcome note to students that spelled out what forms of demonstration are and aren’t permissible.
Occupying university property after being directed to disperse, refusing to remove masks and stopping traffic would probably be prohibited.
Boycotting an establishment, walking out of an event and participating in marches that don’t otherwise disrupt university functions would probably be okay.
At Georgetown, Nader Hashemi, director of the university’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, received a call from his dean over the summer to discuss what students could be planning for the fall.
One of the primary goals of the Georgetown chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, Hashemi said, is divestment, and its members said they are open to continuing dialogue with the university.
Hashemi said he’s organizing teach-ins on Gaza and the Palestinian cause.
Continued in the next post...
💠U.S. Campuses Brace for Return of Pro-Palestine Protests(2) 💠
As tense as the end-of-semester protests were at some D.C. area schools, administrators, faculty, students and outside consultants said the spring could have been worse.
Graduation and summer break helped to defuse tensions as students left campuses.
Universities across the country have reshaped free expression policies in two ways, according to Ryan Ansloan of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Many, such as James Madison University and Virginia Commonwealth University, solidified guidelines that Ansloan said restrict free expression in favor of perceived campus safety, such as preventing students from protesting without prior approval.
Other policies included a ban on tents, limitations on where demonstrators can set up posters (largely on approved bulletin boards) or a rule requiring that anyone wearing a mask on university property show a valid ID if asked.
Violating those rules could result in being barred from university property and possible penalties for criminal trespassing.
Granberg, the GWU president, announced updated policies in a fall welcome note to students that spelled out what forms of demonstration are and aren’t permissible.
Occupying university property after being directed to disperse, refusing to remove masks and stopping traffic would probably be prohibited.
Boycotting an establishment, walking out of an event and participating in marches that don’t otherwise disrupt university functions would probably be okay.
At Georgetown, Nader Hashemi, director of the university’s Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, received a call from his dean over the summer to discuss what students could be planning for the fall.
One of the primary goals of the Georgetown chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, Hashemi said, is divestment, and its members said they are open to continuing dialogue with the university.
Hashemi said he’s organizing teach-ins on Gaza and the Palestinian cause.
Continued in the next post...
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