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George Washington U bans student commencement speaker from campus after speech calling to divest from Israel

JL;DR SUMMARY George Washington University has banned a student, Cecilia Culver, from its campus after she used her commencement speech to advocate for divestment from Israel and criticized the university for its financial ties to the country. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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PalestineFree SpeechPro Palestinian ProtestsCampus ActivismDivestmentGeorge Washington UniversityCommencement SpeechCecilia Culver

Places mentioned

Washington, D.C., Washington DC, United States
"Messages reading Glory To Our Martyrs and Divestment From Zionist Genocide Now are projected onto the side of a building on George Washington Universitys campus in Washington, D.C., Oct. 24, 2023. (StopAntisemitism via X)"
New York, United States
"New York University said it would withhold the diploma of a speaker there who denounced genocide and atrocities currently happening in Palestine in his speech last week."
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
"Police in recent days have broken up pro-Palestinian encampments at both Johns Hopkins University and Virginia Commonwealth University, and in some cases the schools have temporarily withheld diplomas from participants."
Richmond, Virginia, United States
"Police in recent days have broken up pro-Palestinian encampments at both Johns Hopkins University and Virginia Commonwealth University, and in some cases the schools have temporarily withheld diplomas from participants."
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, United States
"Other schools including Swarthmore College have also seen encampments broken up and students arrested this month."
Palestinian Territories
"GWU has also been one of the most intense schools for pro-Palestinian activism since the period immediately after Oct. 7, when activists projected messages including Glory To Our Martyrs onto the side of a campus building."
Israel
"Pro-Israel students and alumni had urged the school to discipline the speaker and a dean who thanked her for sharing your words and your views."

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