A student organization is banned from operating on the University of Puget Sound campus after holding a pro-Palestine protest that interrupted a U.S. congressman's speech.
A student organization was banned from operating on the University of Puget Sound campus after holding a pro-Palestine protest during a lecture hosted by a U.S. congressman, according to Students for a Democratic Society .Krishna Agrawal and Lauren Garelick were charged in the interruption of U.S. representative Derek Kilmer's "Building Bridges to a Better Future" lecture, SDS claims. The organization said over 100 students protested during Rep.
In a release, SDS called the charges against Agrawal and Garelick "bogus," and the investigation by the school "biased" and "racist.""The charges UPS is bringing against Agrawal and Garelick are bogus. The ‘investigation’ was conducted by Davis Wright Tremaine, a firm the administration has on retainer and that serves the interests of the school and not the students.
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