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The allegations included 124 against activities carried out by students, six regarding faculty.
“About time,” said Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee. “Actions have consequences.”
“The most important thing is that we get this right,” wrote Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the state university system.
The Claremont, Calif., liberal arts school is one of the nation’s top ranked.
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“Jewish students on campus were treated horrendously by other student groups, by administrators and by faculty who were very, very pro-Hamas and very, very antisemitic,” a lawyer for the students said.
“One of the top things that we’ve heard from students is that they’re concerned about physical safety,” said Jacob Baime, the group’s CEO.
Still, Judge Richard G. Stearns said the university showed “perhaps too measured response to an outburst of ugliness.”
Examples at the university in Philadelphia included swastika graffiti, removed mezuzahs, social-media threats and vandalism by masked individuals at its Center for Jewish Life.
“She was discriminated against because she was an antiwar advocate,” the TV personality Sunny Hostin said.
Senior counsel Robin Pick said the university “has the opportunity to be a leader and a model for other universities in the fight against antisemitism.”
“If this is not promptly rectified, the committee is prepared to compel their production,” Rep. Virginia Foxx wrote to the Ivy League school.
