Vanderbilt University has expelled, suspended, or disciplined at least 27 students after an anti-Israel sit-in protest went off the wall last week.
Provost Cybele Raver said in a statement that the university’s Student Accountability, Community Standards, and Academic Integrity Staff reviewed the protest and conducted interviews with students before issuing “a range of findings and sanctions that took the individual circumstances of each student’s conduct into account.” The provost added that the review led to disciplinary probation, suspension, and even expulsion for some students.
It was unclear how many students were expelled, but student-run newspaper The Vanderbilt Hustler reported earlier this week that 27 students had been suspended for their participation in the protest, which took place in Kirkland Hall, an administrative building on the Vanderbilt campus that was…