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MIT disciplines student commencement speaker who condemned school’s ties to Israel as ‘complicit in genocide’

JL;DR SUMMARY The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) disciplined senior class president Megha Vemuri after she deviated from her approved commencement speech, using the platform to criticize MIT's ties with Israel, which she accused of committing genocide in Gaza. 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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GazaPalestineStudent ActivismSally KornbluthMitCommencement SpeechAcademic GovernanceMegha Vemuri

Places mentioned

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has barred the senior class president from further graduation events after she accused the school of aiding genocide in Gaza and called for the university to sever its ties to Israel during her commencement address Thursday."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testifies before the House Education and Workforce Committee on December 5, 2023, in Washington, DC."
Israel
"Vemuri condemned MITs ties to Israel."
Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
"They include Jewish diplomat Alan Leventhal, who served as U.S. ambassador to Denmark under President Joe Biden and faced blowback from Copenhagen Business School students for voicing support for Israel after Oct. 7."

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