How Do We Talk About Campus Protests?

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Published 2024-05-02
Pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses have been met with suspensions, expulsions, and arrests. This week, Audie talks with two people in the middle of the story to understand how they view and talk about this moment. We hear from Krasimir Staykov, a junior and an activist at Pomona College in Claremont, California. He and others were arrested for staging a sit-in in the university president’s office. We also hear from Michael Roth, the president of Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, about his approach to campus protest, and his response to protest language he finds offensive.


Read all of CNN’s coverage on campus protests. (www.cnn.com/business/live-news/university-protests…)  


Read all of Pomona College’s statements about protests on campus. (www.pomona.edu/administration/president/statements)  





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All Comments (21)
  • @userjoe4321
    Say the opposite of what CNN tells you to say.
  • @msmithy7813
    Whatever CNN tells you the opposite is most likely the best course of action.
  • @davidhunternyc1
    The influence of the media and cable news is core to the US two ruling factions’ ability to manage perception and control dissent among the US public.
  • This is a real journalism because Audie Cornish give the news. She gives both sides of the story. I can respect this new report.
  • @713Clayboy
    I believe the Bloods and Crips need to get involved.
  • @tsetsefly2346
    Why does the media fear talking about news? And why this topic in particular? For most Americans under 50, this topic is not controversial at all and the right side of history is easy to distinguish.
  • @Riclmnopp
    Here’s CNN to tell us how we should talk about something. Don’t think for yourself, do what CNN says.
  • But is there no room in the world for a Jewish state? I do feel like activists who point out the irreconcilable contradiction between democracy and a state that prioritizes one ethnic group over another are playing a valuable role. BUT, give me a break, it’s virtually impossible to conceive of Israelis allowing the demise of a self-consciously Jewish state. the best solution is two states and some degree of partition and exchange of people/lands m. which should largely mean stripping Israel of settlements and providing Palestinians with a fair allotment of land. Maybe in a few generations could we talk about a multiethnic state, but it seems wildly unrealistic and naively idealistic to actually be attempting to achieve that now.
  • @SizzleCorndog
    Can we get some of these students on prime time? This is the one time where I’ve seen not just someone talking to an actual student, but also giving them the space to properly air out their ideas
  • @TEM1
    That wasn’t a protest. It was an operation run by a terrorist network in response to me frustrating their com systems during 2020
  • @phelippepx10
    comments are pre censored by you tube community guidelines.
  • @DavidNunezPNW
    CNN has done an awful job covering this issue. How embarrassing they put out this project.
  • @theredboneking
    The Ottoman census of 1878 indicated the following demographics for the Jerusalem, Nablus, and Acre districts. Muslim —403,795 or 85.5% Christian—43,659 or 9.2% Jewish—15,001 or 3.2% Jewish (Foreign-born) —10,000 or 2.1%
  • @baDbOy-yi2sj
    Salute the peace-loving people of USA to support Gazan's ❤❤
  • This was a big fail on audies part. She didn't push back on anything the student said, she listed the ways the protest he was. Part of was violent. Then said " I didn't litigate it with him" meaning she ignored it, even when he lied and said all they were doing was making art. Everything he said her points were lies she stayed quiet. THIS IS NOT THE WAY TO TALL ABOUT CAMPIS PROTESTS. This will only hurt the cause.
  • THERE IS NO TALKIN' NECESSARY...JUST CONNECT FUT 2 @SS LIKE IN THE MARINES!
  • @muffmann
    Call it what it is! And insurgency
  • @Kris-ru5ue
    How many decibels is your car's remote Horn Honk? Do you use it by people who are sleeping? by hospitals? by parks or where people seek peace ? Would that wake you up? It can be heard inside buildings you park near. Please lock your vehicle QUIETLY. Light flash ONLY confirms that it is locked and armed. NO NOISE HONK IS NEEDED