Students from UPenn, Drexel, and Temple at the encampment are demanding that UPenn discloses its investments, divests from corporations that profit from Israel’s genocide, and defends Palestinians students and their allies. Source Views: 0
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Pro-Hamas UPenn Student Arrested for Stealing Israeli Flag
A University of Pennsylvania student who felt “empowered and happy” during the “glorious” October 7 Hamas attack on Israeli civilians has been arrested for allegedly stealing an Israeli flag. Tara Tarawneh was busted by police on November 4, accused of taking a flag that was displayed in front of student housing near campus on October […]
UPenn Loses Major Donor, Board Member over Antisemitism
The University of Pennsylvania lost both a major donor and a board member over allegations of antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. Source Views: 0
UPenn Professor Ripped for Suggesting Police Allowed Texas Schoolchildren to Die Because They Were ‘Brown’
A University of Pennsylvania professor drew ridicule online for suggesting racism was at play in how the police handled the Uvalde, Texas shooting. Views: 0
UPenn Prof Anthea Butler: Uvalde Police Did Not Rush into School Because of Mostly ‘Mexican American’ Children
University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) professor and MSNBC contributor Anthea Butler suggested that Texas police didn’t respond sooner to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde because they “didn’t give a damn” about a school filled with mostly “brown kids.” Views: 0
Trans Male Swimmer Beats UPenn Trans Female Swimmer Lia Thomas
Transgender UPenn swimmer Lia Thomas recently lost a 100-yard freestyle race to a transgender male swimmer after a string of nearly unopposed victories. Thomas is a man presenting himself as a woman while his opponent, Iszac Henig, is a woman transitioning to become a man. His loss occurred at UPenn’s tri-meet with the Yale and Dartmouth […]
UPenn Has a Course on ‘White Nationalism in the Age of Climate Change’
Anne Berg is teaching a course titled “Extreme Heat: White Nationalism in the Age of Climate Change,” at the University of Pennsylvania this fall. This course in Environmental Humanities will purportedly teach students about the “relationship between environmentalism, rightwing populism and the climate crisis.” The syllabus reads: The glaciers are melting. Heat waves, hurricanes, earthquakes, […]