AIM activism spotlighted in piece on push for Northwestern president’s resignation
June 13, 2024
Northwestern President Michael Schill on hot seat as calls for resignation rise
No university president is facing more pressure to resign over campus antisemitism than Northwestern’s Michael Schill, and that was before last weekend’s anti-Israel graduation walkout.
About 50 graduates marched out in the middle of the commencement ceremony last weekend at United Center in Chicago, some holding Palestinian flags and chanting “Free, free Palestine,” despite the university’s warning that students who disrupt graduation could have their degrees withheld.
Northwestern has not commented on whether the students will face sanctions, fueling the narrative that pro-Gaza protesters are running roughshod over Mr. Schill and his administration at the expense of Jewish students.
“The precedent at Northwestern is that, if you violate the rules, they give you free tuition and possibly a job,” said Adam Guillette, president of Accuracy in Media, which has run a mobile billboard truck at Northwestern urging Mr. Schill to resign. “So it’s no surprise that they were happy to violate the rules.”