Eight Swarthmore students are facing possible expulsion for distributing protest materials. The materials criticize members of the college’s board of managers for ties to Israel and use imagery and rhetoric that the college administration says “threatened, intimidated, and/or promoted potential violence on campus.”
In letters sent to seven students, Erin Kaplan, associate dean and director of student conduct, identifies several “charges” that may violate the student Code of Conduct, including “bullying and intimidation,” “endangerment or affliction of physical harm” and “unauthorized use of college resources and services.” Not all of the students were “charged” with all of the violations.
Some of the letters allege that students distributed flyers “featuring threatening and intimidating imagery” and distributed pamphlets that “promoted potential violence on campus.” It cites the placement of crosshairs over a collage of photos of board members and quotes phrases such as “necessarily more violent” and that students “must put [their] bodies on the line.”
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