Antisemitism on campus. While agreeing that the problem is more prevalent nationwide with a pushback on occupations of their universities condoning antisemitism and take. This hearing is just over three hours 15 minutes. Good morning. The disrupting classrooms the principal agents of antijewish harassment and violence and have made an absolute mockery of socalled University Leaders. Thats why the committee is getting gas yet again calling for accountability for those in charge of universities. Today with mr. Michael schill of Northwestern University, dr. Jean block of ucla, and dr. Johnson holloway of Rutgers University. Each of you should be ashamed of your decisions to allow antisemitic encampments to endanger jewish students. You should be doubly ashamed for capitulating to the antisemitic rule breakers. Our job today is first and foremost to hold those who are supposed to be in charge to account. Dr. Jean block, you will testify to the horrific violent events that unfolded at ucla,
The president founded Nyus Furman Center for urban policy which has become one of the nations leading Research Centers on housing. Welcome to the committee, president. Thank you. Our second witness is the president of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, new jersey. The next witness is the secretary and ceo of this society located in washington dc. The fine witness. The chancellor of ucla and los angeles, california. We thank you for being here today and look forward to your testimony. We will remind the witnesses that we have read your written statements which will. In full in the hearing record. Pursuant to Committee Rule 8d the Committee Practice i ask each limit your oral presentation to a fiveminute summary of the written statement. I also remind the witnesses to be aware of the responsibility to provide Accurate Information to the committee. I will first recognize this president for five minutes. Thank you. And also thank you to the representative for the kind introduction. I agr
Freemen Freeman Hrabowski , i want to get your take on what is going on in the country in colleges. Thats a great question because it is everyones mind right now. More we know about situations, the more we realize we need to reflect and think carefully about options and strategies. The less we know the more quickly we want to jump and do something. So we are going through a period now, similar to others, the vietnam war where people had different points of view, lots of students protests, we have gone through student protests before on issues. We need to educate our students and ourselves more about the issues of the middle east. The one time of brown and carnegie said if there was one course every student should take, it would be comparative religion because we would understand the ways in which we are similar and different so my message to colleagues in talking with them is there is no right side or wrong side, there are issues somewhere in the middle that we so quickly can judge peo
Freemen Freeman Hrabowski , i want to get your take on what is going on in the country in colleges. Thats a great question because it is everyones mind right now. More we know about situations, the more we realize we need to reflect and think carefully about options and strategies. The less we know the more quickly we want to jump and do something. So we are going through a period now, similar to others, the vietnam war where people had different points of view, lots of students protests, we have gone through student protests before on issues. We need to educate our students and ourselves more about the issues of the middle east. The one time of brown and carnegie said if there was one course every student should take, it would be comparative religion because we would understand the ways in which we are similar and different so my message to colleagues in talking with them is there is no right side or wrong side, there are issues somewhere in the middle that we so quickly can judge peo
Freemen Freeman Hrabowski , i want to get your take on what is going on in the country in colleges. Thats a great question because it is everyones mind right now. More we know about situations, the more we realize we need to reflect and think carefully about options and strategies. The less we know the more quickly we want to jump and do something. So we are going through a period now, similar to others, the vietnam war where people had different points of view, lots of students protests, we have gone through student protests before on issues. We need to educate our students and ourselves more about the issues of the middle east. The one time of brown and carnegie said if there was one course every student should take, it would be comparative religion because we would understand the ways in which we are similar and different so my message to colleagues in talking with them is there is no right side or wrong side, there are issues somewhere in the middle that we so quickly can judge peo