SFSU UPDATE: Reader Patricia Jennings writes:
As you may recall, I am the mother of a SFSU student. I attended the rally on May 7 and was surrounded by the hate mob.
We are getting no where with the university. I am extremely frustrated. Ihave made every attempt possible to get the university to act to protect my son’s safety and the safety of the other Jewish students on campus but to no avail. President Corrigan insisted that the General Union of Palestinian Students participate in mediation sessions or they would lose their opportunity to operate on campus. He gave them until June 15 to comply. They have not done so.
This week, not only did he NOT follow though with his ultimatum, but the GUPS website was discovered linked to a barrage of hate and terrorist sites including Hamas. GUPS still has not been sanctioned.
Professor Laurie Zoloth, director of Jewish studies and I are the only people willing to stick our necks out, support the students, and insist that the university take action. As a result, the administration is listening to neither of us. The president has blamed Laurie for ruining his reputation!
I truly believe that the Jewish students at SFSU may be in danger.
Yes, it’s like a University president to blame a faculty member for “ruining his reputation” by telling the truth about his bias and incompetence. But ruined it is.
If I were Bill Simon, I’d be making an issue of the way California’s state universities are — despite a lot of PC talk — actively supporting hate groups.
And it’s not just SFSU. SDSU has similar problems, and so does U.C. Berkeley. Joe Katzman has more on this problem.
UPDATE: Reader (and law professor) David Bernstein writes: “Someone should tell Ms. Jennings that she has a very credible Title II lawsuit.”