Vahan Gureghian, former University of Pennsylvania trustee, is calling for Liz Magill, the Ivy League school's president, to step down amid deepening donor backlash.
But apparently Liz is not ready for this job.”Debate over free speech, antisemitismMagill was not only facing pressure from Lauder and other opponents of the Palestine Writes festival.
Three dozen members of the UPenn faculty also wrote a letter in student newspaper The Daily Pennsylvanian to support the Palestine Writes festival.
Organizers of the Palestine Writes festival denied that it embraced antisemitism, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian.
“The unanimous sense of those gathered was that President Magill and her existing University leadership team are the right group to take the University forward,” Bok said.
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