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The University of Connecticut student activists known as "UCommune" recently launched a petition because they believe they are being targeted for their "righteous activism, protest, and speech in defense of Palestinian life."
All these comrades want is "justice" for Palestinians whom they believe have been "indiscriminately murdered, during the ongoing colonization of their homeland" by Israel.
The student activists think public universities should be "spaces of free expression" where the "right to protest" (and to build tent encampments) is fully respected. They feel that UConn is letting them down in this regard, and cite a statement from the President of the American Association of University Professors, Dr. Irene Mulvey, in support of their views.
Mulvey was also upset about the crackdown on student protestors across the nation, and claimed that "university presidents have failed in their duty to protect the autonomy of academic and intellectual life from outside interference."
She further said that, "by asserting that peaceful protesters are 'trespassing,' the administration gives credence to controversial definitions of antisemitism that are, as the AAUP cautioned in 2022, overly expansive and a threat to academic freedom. Peaceful campus protests should never be met with censorship and jail time."
The UCommune comrades asked friends, professors and other community members to sign a petition in support of the on-going occupation of the UConn campus. Nearly 850 people have already signed the petition, including more than a hundred college and university educators, including 90 from UConn, along with a handful from Yale, Trinity College, University of Pennsylvania, Brown University and several others.
At least 16 educators listed English or "Literatures, Cultures, and Languages" as their field of expertise. Another 11 listed History, 10 came from the Sociology Department and 9 indicated they were in the school of Education. At least two professors were tied to Ibram X. Kendi's controversial Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University. The remainder where scattered throughout a wide range of departments.
You can read the whole list below.
Yet despite the petition, UConn Campus Police, along with police officers from multiple precincts outside the school, entered the UCommune encampment yesterday, much to the disappointment of the budding activists who called it a "brutal crackdown".
Mind you, this is the same group of activists that welcomed praise from a pro-Hamas news channel last week.
The police removed tents, arrested 25 protestors and allegedly held them for up to 10 hours before releasing them. UCommune promised to support those arrested. Additionally, the radicals at BLM 860 in Hartford posted a fundraising link to raise money for the activists' legal fees.
The protestors called the arrests a "display of repressive force" and believe the arrests offer some sort of proof that UConn is connected to "the war industry which profits off the mass death of Palestinians."
The activists plan on continuing their occupation, and have planned for a gathering tonight, May 1st, at 6pm.
After spewing so much hatred for their own university, one has to wonder why they all don't just transfer somewhere else.
Name | Department | Title | School |
Grace Player | Curriculum and Instruction, Neag School of Education | Associate Professor | UConn |
Joshua L. Mayer | Anthropology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Sarah A. Williams | Anthropology | Assistant Professor | Brown |
Chen Chen | Educational Leadership, Neag School of Education | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Jessie Fredlund | Anthropology | Assistant Professor in Residence | UConn |
Alyssa Hadley Dunn | Curriculum and Instruction, Neag School of Education | Associate Professor | UConn |
Mars Plater | History | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann | Literatures, Cultures, & Languages | Associate Professor | UConn |
Tracy Sinclair | Educational Psychology | Assistant Clinical Professor | UConn |
Kat Milligan-McClellan | Molecular and Cell Biology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
David G. Embrick | Sociology and Africana Studies | Associate Professor and Director | UConn / Boston University Antiracism Center |
Johnny E. Williams | Sociology | Professor | Trinity College |
Ingrid Semaan | Sociology | Associate Professor in Residence | UConn |
Douglas Kaufman | Curriculum and Instructio | Associate Professor | UConn |
Sam Sommers | English & American Studies | Assistant Professor in-Residence | UConn |
Melanie Newport | History | Associate Professor | UConn |
Mary Lawrence | English | Adjunct Professor | CT State Community College |
Daniel Libertz | English | Assistant Professor | Baruch College, CUNY |
Anne Norton | Political Science | Professor | University of Pennsylvania |
Laura Mauldin | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Associate Professor | UConn |
César Abadía | Anthropology and Human Rights | Associate Professor | UConn |
Mary Donegan | Urban and community studies | Associate professor in residence | UConn |
Sandy Grande | Political Science | Professor | UConn / Boston University Antiracism Center |
Camilo Ruiz | Anthropology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Brad Simpson | History and Asian and Asian American Studies | Associate Professor | UConn |
Maria Seger | English | Associate Professor | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Dana Francisco Miranda | Philosophy | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Alexandra Freidus | Educational Leadership | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Mary Beth Allen | Literatures, Cultures, and Languages | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Chris Vials | English | Professor | UConn |
Dr. Ariel Mae Lambe | History Department | Assoc. Professor & Assoc. Department Head | UConn |
Tarlan Chahardovali | Sport & Entertainment Management | Assistant Professor | University of South Carolina |
Jeremy Drake-Cornelius | English | Visiting Lecturer | Bates College |
Fiona Somerset | LCL and English | Professor | UConn |
Julie Choffel | English | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Bhakti Shringarpure | English | Associate Professor | UConn |
Hana Maruyama | History and Asian and Asian American Studies Institute | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Laura Bunyan | Sociology | Associate Professor in Residence | UConn |
Sherry Zane | Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Director | UConn |
Elizabeth Kline | Molecular and Cell Biology | Assistant Professor in Residence | UConn |
Mona Abdo | Yale School of Public Health | Research Scientist | Yale University |
Kim Chaney | Psychological Sciences | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Oskar Harmon | Economics | Associate Professor | UConn |
Lindsay Cummings | Dramatic Arts | Associate Professor | UConn |
Greta LaFleur | American Studies | Associate Professor | Yale University |
Emily Rose Schwab | Enrichment Programs | Advisor | UConn |
Megan Monaghan Rivas | Dramatic Arts | Department Head | UConn |
Tlaloc Rivas | Dramatic Studies | Associate Professor in Residence | UConn |
Noel A. Cazenave | Sociology | Professor | UConn |
John Redden | Physiology and Neurobiology | Associate Professor | UConn |
Gary M English | Drama | Distinguished Professor | UConn |
Steven Sherman | Sociology | Adjunct Lecturer | UConn |
Tania Saeed | Sociology | Associate Professor | Lahore University / Harvard South Asia Institute |
Grégory Pierrot | English | Associate Professor | UConn |
Lillian Ransijn | Dramatic Arts | Visiting Professor of Movement | UConn |
Thomas Lawrence Long | School of Nursing | Professor Emeritus | UConn |
Liz Jacobs | Sociology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Michele Back | AAUP | Associate Professor | UConn |
Jason Chang | Social and Critical Inquiry | Associate Professor | UConn |
Michael Bailey | UCONN AAUP | Executive Director | UConn |
Subhash Ray | Economics | Professor | UConn |
Micki McElya | History | Professor | UConn |
Melina Pappademos | History and Africana Studies, AAUP | Associate Professor | UConn |
Allison Lombardi | Educational Psychology | Associate Professor | UConn |
Toussaint Olivetti | Literatures, Cultures, and Languages | Adjunct | UConn |
Elizabeth Burland | Public Policy | Assistant Research Professor | UConn |
Peter Zarrow | History | Professor | UConn |
Nancy Shoemaker | History | Professor | UConn |
Renzo de la Riva Agüero | School of Public Policy | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Bianca Ibarlucea | Art and Art History | Visiting Assistant Professor of Design | UConn |
Erin Rizzie | Mathematics | Assistant Professor in Residence | UConn |
Noel A. Cazenave | Sociology | Professor | UConn |
Bhoomi Thakore | Sociology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Andrew J. Wrobel | Psychology | Adjunct Professor | UConn |
Seyedhamed Ghavamnia | School of Computing | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Robin Grenier | EDLR | Professor | UConn |
Ian Stevenson | Psychological Sciences | Associate Professor | UConn |
William Theiss | History | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Eleni Coundouriotis | English | Professor | UConn |
Clare Costley King'oo | English | Associate Professor and Head | UConn |
Pablo Valente | Allied Health Sciences | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Xiuchun (Cindy) Tian | Animal Science, AAUP | Professor, AAUP | UConn |
Pamela Allen Brown | English | Professor | UConn |
Desen Ozkan | Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Ashley Helton | Natural Resources & the Environment | Associate Professor | UConn |
Mayu Inaba | Cell Biology | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Ron Squibbs | Music | Associate Professor | UConn |
Brian G Chapman | Human Development and Family Sciences | Assistant Professor in Residence | UConn |
Christy Corey | Art & Art History | Visiting Assistant Professor | UConn |
Jordan T. Camp | American Studies | Associate Professor | Trinity College |
David L. Richards | Political Science / Human Rights | Assoc. Prof. | UConn |
Kelly Dennis | Digital Media & Design | Associate Professor | UConn |
Elva Orozco | Political Science & WGSS | Assistant professor | UConn |
Danielle Filipiak | Curriculum and instruction | Assistant Professor | UConn |
Elizabeth Della Zazzera | History | Assistant Professor in Residence | UConn |
Jennifer McGarry | EDLR | Professor | UConn |
Barbara Gurr | Gender and Sexuality Studies | Professor | UConn |
Micah Heumann | Office of Undergraduate Research Director | Director | UConn |
Brian Goepfrich | Division of Student Life & Enrollment | Assistant Director of Community Standards | UConn |
Rob Walsh | Waterbury Campus | Library Director | UConn |
Alyssa Dillon | Educational Leadership | Program Coordinator | UConn |
Marisa Tatiwong | Global Affairs | Coordinator | UConn |
Hunter Tashea | School of Business | Academic Advisor 2 | UConn |