Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have endured “an unrelenting campaign of anti-Semitic harassment,” according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights.
Those students and others supportive of Israel “have been subjected to an alarming increase in anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism over the past five years,” according to a statement issued Friday by the Louis B. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, which helped prepare the complaint.
Over that period, multiple swastikas have allegedly been scrawled across the campus; menorahs and mezuzahs have allegedly been vandalized; and windows of Jewish fraternities have allegedly been “smashed with bricks,” according to the statement. What’s more, pro-Palestine students have also allegedly glorified members of terrorist organizations, assailed Jewish students and their allies with epithets like “Nazi” and “white supremacist” and turned univer
Vaccinated University of Illinois students can skip COVID test
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University of Illinois will end COVID-19 testing requirements for vaccinated students
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GALESBURG Illinois college students are next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after dozens of county health departments outside of Chicago and Cook County recently broadened eligibility to all residents over 16.
Some Illinois colleges and universities already are offering shots on campus, while some students are scouring local pharmacies and county-run sites for appointments.
But the big question will area schools require the vaccine? remains unsettled for most institutions.
Western Illinois University is offering vaccine clinics for students.
At this point, student participation is voluntary, according to university spokesperson Darcie Shinberger.
The rush is now on to vaccinate Illinois college students before they leave campus for summer break. But will the shots be required for them to come back? Elyssa Cherney, Chicago Tribune © Jose M. Osorio / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS Western Illinois University in Macomb is among schools that have set up vaccination sites on campus, mostly for faculty and staff.\n
Illinois college students are next in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine after dozens of county health departments outside of Chicago and Cook County broadened eligibility Monday to all residents over 16.
But some Illinois universities aren’t able to offer the shots on campus yet. It’s not clear if that will happen in the next few weeks, before students disperse for summer break and potentially seed new infections in their home communities. And the big question will local schools require the vaccine? remains unsettled.