Discontent was simmering on Indiana University’s flagship campus long before the first tent went up in Dunn Meadow, the vast green space beside the student union in Bloomington.
Earlier in the academic year, faculty members and graduate students voted no confidence in the university president.
The cancellation of a Palestinian artist’s exhibition and the suspension of a pro-Palestinian student organization’s faculty sponsor drew backlash.
But it was only in the last week, as a national wave of pro-Palestinian encampments reached Indiana, that a year defined by tension erupted into crisis.
“These guys are not able to lead in crisis,” he said of the university’s top leaders.
Persons:
—, ”, Ahmad Jeddeeni
Organizations:
Indiana’s, Professional Student Government
Locations:
Indiana, Dunn, Bloomington, Israel