On December 9, local time, Liz Magill, president of the University of Pennsylvania, announced his resignation.
Earlier this week, Magill and the presidents of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology attended a hearing on "college anti-Semitism". On the 8th, more than 70 bipartisan U.S. lawmakers issued a joint letter demanding that the three elite U.S. schools immediately remove their school principals on the grounds that they were dissatisfied with the principals' testimony at the hearing.
According to the American political news network "Politico" and CNN, Magill is the first university president in the United States to resign due to "anti-Semitic controversy". The chairman of Penn's board of directors said Majir had been treated unfairly and was "exhausted" from months of outside attacks.
From left: Harvard President Gaye, MIT President Kornbrutt, and University of Pennsylvania President Magill.
In a statement on the 9th, Magill voluntarily resigned as principal. "I am honoured to be the Principal of this distinguished institution," she said. I am honored to work with our faculty, students, staff, alumni, and community members to advance Penn's important mission. ”
Pending the appointment of a new president at Penn, Magill will continue to serve as interim president and tenured professor at Penn's Carey School of Law.
"On behalf of the entire University of Pennsylvania, I thank Magill for her contributions to the University as president and wish her all the best," Penn Board Chair Scott Bok released a statement. After five hours of intense questioning by Congress, McGill made a very unfortunate mistake — the same as the two university presidents sitting next to her. After that, it became clear that her position was untenable, and both she and I decided it was time for her to leave. Bock also announced his resignation on the same day.
At the same time, Bock said that Magill was "a very good man, a talented leader" and "without the slightest hint of anti-Semitism." He noted that Magir had been "exhausted by months of relentless external attacks."
The chairman of the Penn Board of Directors issued a statement announcing Magill's voluntary resignation. Picture from social **.
Politico reported that the "mistake" made by Magill mentioned in the above statement refers to a Q&A during the hearing on the 5th local time.
At that time, New York State Republican Congressman Elise Stefanik asked the three principals whether they would discipline students for "hate speech" in **. Magill replied: "Harassment only occurs when speech is transformed into behaviour that is targeted, serious and pervasive." Two other principals gave similar answers.
The presidents' statements caused dissatisfaction among the councillors, and this **clip** was also spread wildly on social media. On December 8, more than 70 bipartisan U.S. lawmakers issued a joint letter demanding that the boards of directors of the three major universities immediately remove the presidents of the schools.
Business leaders and university donors in the U.S. Jewish community have also demanded Magill's resignation, according to CNN. Wall Street magnate and college donor Ross Stevens has threatened to cancel a huge gift currently worth about $100 million if Magill doesn't leave.
Politico and CNN noted that the resignation of Magill, the first university president in the United States to resign amid an "anti-Semitic controversy," was "shocking."
At the hearing on the 5th, Republican Congressman Stephanik, who fiercely questioned the presidents, was not satisfied, and continued to point the finger at the presidents of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Later on the 9th, she tweeted that Magill's "forced resignation" was just the beginning of solving the "anti-Semitism" on American college campuses, "one **, and there are two".
Screenshot of the tweet. At a time when the presidents of top American colleges and universities have become the "target of public criticism" in the Jewish community, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues to tear apart American colleges and universities.
After the outbreak of the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, tensions on college campuses across the United States have intensified, and hundreds of ** activities have erupted, some of which have even turned violent. "Wall Street**" recently published an article pointing out that the political awakening of the younger generation of Americans is intensifying campus turmoil, and they tend to see the conflict as the resistance of the oppressed against the oppressor, which is obviously different from the elderly in the United States, and the pro-Palestinian ** wave that swept the college campuses across the United States shocked the elderly, exposing the intergenerational gap that is forming in American society.
A Pew Research Center poll last year showed that nearly half of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 support socialism more than those who support the market economy, and many blame it for the complex disasters they face.
Noah Thompson, a 24-year-old student at the University of Oregon, argues that the richest hold too much of the country's wealth, and that capitalism tends to help the rich and exploit the poor. He said he was upset by the war profiteers who were going to use Israel to kill children with them. Thompson also helped organize a ** event demanding an Israeli ceasefire.
There always seems to be enough money and bombs for war, for overseas intervention, but never enough money for education, for health care, for creating a better, safer society for us now. Thompson said.
**: Observer.com