(Jewish Group) Amid rising concerns over free speech, Rutgers president addresses student body

[Behind the Aegis]

(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP! RESPECT!!)

On Thursday evening the Rutgers University Student Assembly (RUSA) invited University President Robert L. Barchi to speak with students, addressing a wide array of issues regarding academic freedom rights of faculty and the reported offshore investments by the University.

Following his discussion of the University disruption policy and his confirmation that the swastika spray-painted on the wall of Stonier Hall in late October was a protected action under the First Amendment, Barchi spoke about the process the University takes when an incident regarding free speech arises.

The Daily Targum reported on the incident earlier this semester.

The determination of whether an action or statement is considered free speech is not made by the University, Barchi said.

Regarding instances that concern the limitations of free speech on campus the University seeks an outside constitutional opinion before taking action.

Barchi said that when responding to a questionable drawing or flyer on campus, “The very first thing that we do is we take a picture of that and in 15 minutes send it to the state attorney for a decision about whether it's hate speech or not."

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At the November 16 student government town hall, Barchi​ noted the protections to incidents such as the anti-Semitic posts allegedly shared on the Facebook of a food science professor, the swastika graffiti on a Rutgers dorm, and an international law professor who accused Israel of trafficking human organs.

“If I’m a Ku Klux Klan member, and I’m going to burn a cross on a vacant lot, that’s a constitutionally protected right,” Barchi said, ​al​though the act of burning something would likely be prohibited by local ordinances.

“You put that cross on my front yard, and you light it, that is not constitutionally protected, that’s harassment,” Barchi added. “It’s an exception to the First Amendment.​"​

The same goes for swastikas on campus, Barchi said.

“It is free speech, it’s not hate speech,” Barchi said, prompting a loud and ​visceral response from student activists who attended the meeting and insisted that it was in fact hate speech.

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Students calling for removal of food science professor behind anti-Semitic Facebook posts

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - Student activists are pushing for the suspension of a professor ​who has allegedly posted dozens of ​anti-Semitic posts on his Facebook profile.

The petition, started by Rutgers first-year-student Miriam Waghalter, asks that the university take “swift action” against Michael Chikindas, a microbiology professor at the food science department, for a myriad of racist and anti-Semitic posts.

Chikindas’ Facebook contained anti-Semitic characters, posts where he called “motherf***ing Jews,” the “most racist religion in the world,” and referring to Israel as a “terrorist country.” His Facebook has reportedly been deleted.

The ​revelation comes days after recruitment flyers for the white supremacist group Identity Evropa, were posted across campus, along with a flyer on one of the Rutgers buses which read “Black lives don’t matter.”

“It’s disturbing,” Waghalter said. “Even though we’re young adults, we still look up to faculty in order to help continue to shape our opinions of the world, and for someone of that stature, to be preaching these views, is problematic in that sense.”





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Amazing at what is "excused" when it comes to hatred against Jews!!

[Lithos]

1. *sigh*

Nobody asked the question, but is he using campus resources to promulgate his particular "first amendment" peculiarities? My guess is, he is and that makes it the University's business and liability. I certainly would not feel comfortable in his classroom, nor would I believe he would make a particularly unbiased professor when it comes to grades.

That said, I have a penis, I rather like it. If I start waving it around in public like this guy has, would it be my First Amendment right? I think the University would likely believe otherwise. Personally, I would expect to draw attention and probably lose my job as a sex offender. Either that or be elected as a Republican to office, but I am likely repeating myself.

Makes you wonder. Love to have the time to do some research about professor retention policies and previous reasons for suspension and termination.

L-

[Mosby]

2. so Rutgers students and professors have no

Code of conduct requirements?

I find that hard to believe.