The University of Michigan issued formal complaints against 11 students for participating in four anti-Israel protests on the public school’s campus last year, The Michigan Daily, a student newspaper, reported.
The paper reported that “multiple” students confirmed that they have been called in for hearings through the public school’s Office of Student Conflict Resolution.
Among the charges, per documents that the student paper viewed, are refusing to leave specific areas, obstructing public safety operations, entering an event under false pretenses, failing to comply with police orders, obstructing police officers and engaging in a physical altercation.
Kay Jarvis, the university’s director of public affairs, told JNS that “protests are welcome at the University of Michigan, so long as those protests do not infringe on the rights of others, disrupt university operations or threaten the safety of the community.”
“The university has been clear that we will enforce our policies related to protests and expressive activity and that we will hold individuals accountable for their actions in order to ensure a safe and inclusive environment for all,” she said.
Jarvis declined to provide information about those subjected to disciplinary proceedings, citing school policy. “Disciplinary matters that go through the Office of Student Conflict Resolution are typically resolved within six months of the office receiving a formal complaint,” she said.
