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Students tell trustees they face antisemitism on campus and ask for stronger administrative action
Summary
Multiple public commenters told the board of trustees that Jewish students have experienced harassment and that campus processes failed to enforce rules; students urged the board to recommit to a signed agreement with the Jewish community and to protect students' safety and rights under Title VI.
At the public-comment period of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees meeting, several students and community members urged the board to address antisemitism on campus and to enforce campus procedures they said had been ignored.
Sharon Ormsby Shelley asked the board to honor Clarence Shelley’s…
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