“Campuses today are as politically charged and polarized as I’ve ever seen them, with zero tolerance for individuals whose identities, beliefs or opinions run afoul of dominant campus ideologies,” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the AMCHA Initiative.
Highlights
- A fraternity at the University of South Florida was suspended after photos circulated of a Feb.
- 11 event in which members of the group, including a Jewish student, reportedly had swastikas drawn on their “shirts or body parts” A meeting between school officials and a representative of the fraternity is scheduled for March 1, at which a hearing officer will determine if the suspension is to “remain, be modified, or be lifted” The suspension of Pi Kappa Phi’s USF chapter comes amid a string of anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activity at colleges and universities across the country in recent weeks.
- The University of Manchester in the UK arrived on campus last week to a large-scale display of hate.