University Faculty Cry ‘Intimidation’ After Donors Pull Funding Over Statements On Hamas

[rangerrebew]

University Faculty Cry ‘Intimidation’ After Donors Pull Funding Over Statements On Hamas
 
Heartland Author
October 20, 2023
 

Three leaders of the University of Pennsylvania faculty senate released a statement Thursday condemning those who “use their pocketbooks to shape our mission” after donors began withdrawing support over the school’s response to the Israel-Hamas war.

UPenn donors began pulling their funding from the university after President Liz Magill failed to initially label Hamas as a terrorist organization in an Oct. 10 statement about the Hamas attacks on Israeli civilians. The university’s faculty senate tri-chairs, Tulia G. Falleti, Eric A. Feldman and Vivian L. Gadsden, accused individuals of trying to censor free speech by “surveilling both faculty and students” and criticized those who would try to use their “pocketbooks” to buy the speech of university students and faculty, according to the statement.

“Let us be clear: academic freedom is an essential component of a world-class university and is not a commodity that can be bought or sold by those who seek to use their pocketbooks to shape our mission,” the faculty wrote. “We stand in solidarity with all University of Pennsylvania faculty, staff, and students whose research, work, or study has been affected by the recent efforts of intimidation. Academic freedom is at the heart of our educational and research missions, and we demand that it remain free from internal or external pressure or coercion.”

https://heartlanddailynews.com/2023/10/university-faculty-cry-intimidation-after-donors-pull-funding-over-statements-on-hamas/

[rangerrebew]

Faculty threats don't rise to the intimidation level, of course.

[DefiantMassRINO]

 



Them professors is dumb.

[Smokin Joe]

They can get their funding for "their mission" from elsewhere, then (and likely will).
Every dime that goes into their coffers is another dime that doesn't go to some other anti-American project. Money is fungible.

And every dime that doesn't, well, that is an improvement.
"You broke it, you bought it!" is an old American saying that comes to mind.

[GtHawk]

Apparently the poor dear communists are unaware of some of those God Given rights Americans were given, like free speech which applies to all not just them and freedom of association which also includes the freedom not to associate. These wankers seem to believe that they have the right to be paid for being obnoxious and hateful.

[berdie]

I think these educated folks don't understand the definition of "donor".

[Bigun]

I think these educated folks don't understand the definition of "donor".

That is abundantly clear.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The don't understand the concept of "voluntary" donations.  Academia is only familiar with "involuntary" donations.

 

They demand $50,000 / semester, or your child's livelihood will be pumping gas in New Jersey.

[andy58-in-nh]

f university faculty members want to know what "intimidation" truly is, they might consider the experience of a mainstream, Republican conservative invited to speak on a college campus.

[Free Vulcan]

I have another word for them - extortion. Their money is not yours just to take, just because you feel it should be.

[Smokin Joe]

Don't like it?

Get a real job, ya bums.