UT–Austin Faculty Condemn School President for Arrests of Pro-Palestinian Protesters

Published on April 25, 2024

A faculty group at The University of Texas at Austin (UT–Austin) has called another protest for Thursday after it condemned the university president for enforcing school policy when hundreds of students walked out of class on Wednesday afternoon to occupy campus in protest of Israel’s strikes on Gaza. “Today, our University held firm, enforcing our rules while protecting the Constitutional right to free speech,” UT–Austin President Jay Hartzell wrote in a campuswide statement Wednesday night. “Peaceful protests within our rules are acceptable. Breaking our rules and policies and disrupting others’ ability to learn are not allowed. The group that led this protest stated it was going to violate Institutional Rules. Our rules matter, and they will be enforced. Our University will not be occupied,” Mr. Hartzell continued....

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