The , University of Oregon , says it is investigating some recent instances of antisemitism in its domestic hostels, including studies of a swastika drawn second to a picture of a Hebrew student and what one family described as a” Hitler-style” mustache drawn onto the child’s face.
University police and the school ‘s , Office of Investigations and Civil Rights Compliance , are also investigating reports of things that were taken from areas belonging to Jewish students, including ribbon that supported the lots of victims who remain in prison after being abducted during the , Hamas-led terrorist assault on , Israel , in , October 2023.
The prisoner earnings touched off a brutal military answer by , Israel , that is still raging in , Gaza , and , Lebanon , and has killed more than 40, 000 Palestinians, according to media reports.
The university said in a letter to all students and their families on Thursday that it is also looking into pro-Palestinian posters that were distributed to students who lived in at least three different residence rooms over the past few months without prior approval from school authorities, in violation of college scheme.
” To be clear, incidents targeting any student because of their ancestry, national origin and/or religion are prohibited under university policy”, wrote Vice President for Student Life , Angela Chong, Associate Vice President and Chief Civil Rights Officer , Nicole Commissiong , and Associate Vice President for Student Services , Michael Griffel, in their note to families. ” Defacing photographs, drawing swastikas, and the use of race-and-religion based slurs and epithets violate the university’s policy prohibiting discrimination”.
About 5, 000 students live in residence halls at the , University of Oregon.
Like many other college campuses around the country, the , University of Oregon , was home to heated protests over the Israel-Hamas war last spring. Before bargaining with university officials, demonstrators staged a nearly month-long encampment at a central quad on the campus, which included additional scholarship funds for students from Gaza and Palestine as well as an expanded education options.
Academicians and financial representatives from universities refused to comply with demands to divest from , Israel. But students won representation on a , Faculty Senate , task force assembled to review the school’s investment decisions with an eye on social justice implications.
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