Last semester, I started a weekly discussion group to debate the most pressing political issues of our time. It was a far cry from the divisiveness and hostility we saw on campus.
I applaud your efforts to improve civil dialogue at the university. However, to be blunt, I'm not entirely sure what the point is of the paragraph describing the Gaza protests and the administration's response to them. True, the punishments of the Gaza protestors were light and conduct-related. But as a thought experiment, what would have happened if a group of protesters had done the exact same things (encamped for weeks at a time, invaded Hamilton Hall) but for a right-wing rather than a left-wing cause? If students violated school rules to protest affirmative action or abortion, would the university have responded in a similar manner? The question answers itself.
I applaud your efforts to improve civil dialogue at the university. However, to be blunt, I'm not entirely sure what the point is of the paragraph describing the Gaza protests and the administration's response to them. True, the punishments of the Gaza protestors were light and conduct-related. But as a thought experiment, what would have happened if a group of protesters had done the exact same things (encamped for weeks at a time, invaded Hamilton Hall) but for a right-wing rather than a left-wing cause? If students violated school rules to protest affirmative action or abortion, would the university have responded in a similar manner? The question answers itself.