Jewish Professor Returns to Campus After Being Banished for Anti-Hamas Comment

The University of Southern California (USC) has reinstated a Jewish professor it banished from campus after he got into a verbal clash with a group of Pro-Palestinian student activists. Economics professor John Strauss, who was required to teach remotely for the remainder of the fall semester, is now allowed to return to campus while the university investigates comments he made at a Pro-Palestine event in November. The restrictions placed on Mr. Strauss ended Saturday, the day after the regular fall semester courses ended. The professor “has in no way been disciplined or punished for engaging in protected speech” and was only told to stay off the Los Angeles campus in an effort to “ensure a safe learning environment,” the university said in a statement, reported by student newspaper the Daily Trojan....