Cornell says it's suspending students after they refused offer to move encampment to an alternate location

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Cornell University is suspending students after an encampment on campus declined to move to an alternate location, President Martha E. Pollack said in a message Monday.

"Last Thursday, a group of individuals formed an encampment on the Arts Quad," Pollack said. "A student group had previously requested permission for an art installation there, consistent with our policies; however, they were dishonest in their request, stating that there would not be tents and that the art installation would be removed by 8 p.m. on Thursday."

Cornell University leaders then offered an alternative location for the encampment, according to Pollack.

"With an approved permit in hand, the protesters could have remained in the alternative location, per our policies, thereby avoiding disciplinary sanctions," Pollack's message said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/university-protests-palestine-04-29-24/h_dbc75813b4c8a47bd01ad816bd477d94

[RandySF]

1. Good

[flying_wahini]

2. Pigs.

[jimfields33]

3. Awesome news.

[JohnSJ]

4. Put that on your resume and see where it gets you, and for those who

had mom and dad pay for your schooling, you just pissed that down the sewer

[LiberalFighter]

5. What do they (students) hope to accomplish?

There was a report earlier today how employers may or are not going to consider students graduating from elite Ivy League colleges.

[SunSeeker]

7. Piss away their parents' tuition money?

It costs $63k/yr to go to Cornell, just for tuition.

If you're an ivy league trust fund baby I guess you're not worrying about getting a job, unlike all the working class kids at state schools.

[Prairie Gates]

6. They made them an offer they couldn't refuse

[hueymahl]

8. Have to say

I am torn on this. Cornell has the right to do what they want. But I also respect the students protest and that they actually care about something other than themselves. Reminds me of the early parts of the Vietnam war demonstrations

I think the thing that is most troubling are many of the reactions here on DU. Reminds me exactly of the establishment during the sixties and seventies to those same protests. The irony.

[zanana1]

9. There is a sense of deja vu.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Minor difference between this and the Vietnam War demonstrations:

Cornell students are generally not in danger of being drafted and sent to rain hell on Gaza.

[hueymahl]

13. Not yet

[MarineCombatEngineer]

15. And there won't be unless Putin is insane enough to attack a NATO country or Been-A-Dick Donald

gets back in the WH, in which case he would probably send US troops to help...........wait for it.........Russia defeat Ukraine and impose a dictatorship for Russia, something he wants to do here in the US.
I'm sorry to say this, but your naivete is astounding here.

[Demsrule86]

14. Nope, they are not just protesting but vandalizing and attacking Jewish students...been all over

the news. They will be expelled just wait.

[ripcord]

10. The new site probably wasn't disruptive enough

[republianmushroom]

11. Sounds good to me.

One must accept the consequence of ones actions.