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Moyse: President Beilock’s Optics Obsession

(05/16/24 8:10am)

I, like most of the Dartmouth student body, bore witness to the night of May 1 as state police descended on nonviolent protesters on our Green, throwing an elderly woman to the ground and arresting, among others, two Dartmouth reporters. Unlike many others, though, my initial reaction was not shock. I’ll admit that it was surreal seeing a place I have come to associate with afternoon naps and scenic sunsets swallowed by such violence, but it did not come as a major surprise to me. 

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/moyse-president-beilocks-optics-obsession

Coffey: When the World is On Fire

(05/16/24 2:51pm)

College President Sian Leah Beilock coordinated with police to preemptively suppress a nonviolent student protest on May 1, all in the name of campus safety and free speech for all. Her authorization of riot police, armored cars and violent arrests threatens to usher in a new era of authoritarian leadership on campus that upends decades of precedent. The College’s leadership, including faculty, has traditionally viewed peaceful protest as an opportunity to educate as well as to practice and model restraint, even in the presence of encampments. Restraint and education are particularly important when the world is on fire.

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/coffey-when-the-world-is-on-fire

Vahanvaty: A Group of Dartmouth Rockapellas Speaks on the May 1 Protest

(05/16/24 2:51pm)

As Dartmouth students and advocates for social justice, we are deeply disturbed by the recent events on our campus. On May 1, students gathered on the Green to peacefully protest Israel’s violence against Palestinians. College President Sian Leah Beilock’s administration chose to fight that peace with force, authorizing Hanover Police to take action against the protesters — which ultimately led to the presence of state troopers armed in riot gear and the arrests of 89 individuals. This response casts a shadow over the principles of free speech and student activism that we hold dear as members of the Dartmouth Rockapellas. 

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/vahanvaty-a-group-of-dartmouth-rockapellas-speaks-on-the-may-1-protest

Bachman DeSilva, Beauvineau and Johnson-Jennings: An Open Letter to Dartmouth’s Administration

(05/14/24 8:05am)

We, concerned parents of current Dartmouth students and alumnae/alumni, are writing to voice our strong objection to the Dartmouth administration’s response to the peaceful protest on the Green on May 1. We are especially disappointed that the College allowed state law enforcement onto campus, and we condemn the physical violence used against peaceful students, faculty, staff and community members. We ask that the College call for charges to be dropped against all students involved in the nonviolent protest and end their bans from spaces on campus. 

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/bachman-desilva-johnson-jennings-and-beauvineau-an-open-letter-to-dartmouths-administration

Lim: Another Way is Possible

(05/14/24 8:00am)

I am writing to express my dismay at the militarized repression of student protesters against the genocide in Gaza, and at history professor Annelise Orleck’s brutalization by the riot police on May 1. Orleck co-chairs the women’s, gender and sexuality studies program where I am appointed. Her arrest and temporary ban from campus may be read as a collateral assault on the field and on women more generally.

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/lim-another-way-is-possible

Markman: In Support of Beilock’s Decision to Maintain Order and Protect Students

(05/16/24 8:15am)

I praise College President Sian Leah Beilock for her decisive actions to maintain order and protect students on May 1. Beilock has done an incredible job balancing the First Amendment rights of protesters with the need to protect all members of the Dartmouth community and ensure all students are included in all areas of campus.

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/markman-in-support-of-beilocks-decision-to-maintain-order-and-protect-students

Orleck: From Buddhist Monks to Riot Police: A Reflection on the Last Week at Dartmouth

(05/10/24 8:20am)

Many of us were traumatized by the College’s decision to bring in police, including New Hampshire riot police and SWAT teams, to our quiet, rural campus on May 1. Dozens of faculty, including myself, concerned about our students’ safety, came to the Green. What I observed was a 100% peaceful demonstration supporting striking graduate and undergraduate student workers, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and demanding that the College divest from companies making or selling weapons to the Israeli military.

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/orleck-from-buddhist-monks-to-riot-police-a-reflection-on-the-last-week-at-dartmouth

Florman, Velona and Caplan: Jewish Alumni Stand with Student Protesters

(05/09/24 8:20am)

We, the undersigned Jewish alumni of Dartmouth College, write to condemn the unnecessary and irrational decision to disrupt campus life by arresting 90 peaceful individuals at a Palestinian solidarity event on May 1. We reject College President Sian Leah Beilock’s assertion in a May 2 community-wide email that such protests are “exclusionary at best” and “can turn quickly into hateful intimidation where Jewish students feel unsafe” at worst. We agree with English and creative writing professor Jeff Sharlet — a Jewish faculty member at the College — in affirming in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that this week’s events were not “Jews versus protesters.” We were horrified at the images of a significant police force marching across the Green and physically assaulting a beloved Jewish professor. The College’s decision to allow and then defend state violence on campus is shameful and needlessly provocative. 

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/florman-velona-and-caplan-jewish-alumni-stand-with-student-protesters

Noor and Winham: Protesting Beilock’s Response to Encampments on Dartmouth’s Green

(05/07/24 8:05am)

We, alumni of the College, were horrified to see our alma mater on the front page of the Washington Post today — not because of its careful teaching or tolerant educational environment, but because a 65-year-old professor was violently thrown to the ground by New Hampshire State Police. Her crime? Trying to protect peaceful student protesters from police officers in riot gear. In horror, we learned that — as they chanted, “There’s no riot here/Why are you in riot gear?” — students were arrested en masse with disproportionate force. In even greater horror, we learned that student journalists were arrested while covering the events. 

https://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2024/05/noor-and-winham-protesting-beilocks-response-to-encampments-on-dartmouths-green