vanderbilt issued what are believed to be the first expulsions of student protesters related to demonstration stemming from the october 7th hamas attack on israel. from vanderbilt to nyu to columbia to the university of michigan to pomona, schools are saying, basically, look, this is not about free speech. you have a right to speak up. you have a right to demonstrate. what you don t have is a right to harass and disrupt. that s what s really been impeding these university s core mission, which is to educate your students. you can t have an environment that is constantly disrupted, where students are subject to harassment, with they re spin upon, yelled at, where graduation ceremonies, or like the incident i wrote about at my alma mater, the university of michigan, this honors convocation that was supposed to be this lovely, celebratory
all sorts of college campuses. that s clearly had an impact because what college president wants to be hauled before a congressional committee and forced to testify? there is pressure from alumni, from donors, from students and faculty who feel like these protests have become too hostile and oppressive. then there is also, joe, the realization among university administraors that campuses have just become really inhouse pit inhospitable places lately. may be too little, too late, but they ve realized, we can t allow the heckler s veto. we can t allow tent encampments. as in the case of pomona, which was an extreme example, we can t allow tour groups, students, prospective students and their parents being led around on campus tours being harassed by protesters, shouting
student for justice in palestine has also largely dedicated for a cease-fire. in november, columbia decided to ban entirely jewish voice for peace and students for justice and palestine on their campus, which is what resulted in the current columbia coalition receipt of over 100 clubs, student clubs on campus, it s who s being penalized now in this process. we ve been really serious protest depression, not only at columbia, but i wrote an article earlier this week that was summarizing expulsions, arrests, suspensions, et cetera, from vanderbilt to pomona to columbia. oh, the courage of these institutions as they face the rich is just stunning. lex mcmenamin, thank you very much, and that is tonight reidout. cheers. and by the by, you can follow me on the tiktok and on instagram. and please follow our show accounts on instagram and tiktok at the readout. so you can always be in the know. all in with chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. well, the jury selection is