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December 11, 2023

UPenn President Steps Down Amid Right-Wing Firestorm over Pro-Palestinian Movement on Campuses
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The president of the University of Pennsylvania has stepped down
following intense Republican-led backlash over her handling of
antisemitism on campus and her contentious testimony before Congress
last week. Liz Magill's resignation Saturday, followed by that of UPenn
Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok, came amid a mounting attack on
students calling for Palestinian rights on campus. Right-wing
Congressmember Elise Stefanik, who grilled Magill during her
congressional testimony, wrote on social media, "One down. Two to go,"
as Stefanik also seeks the ouster of Harvard President Claudine Gay and
MIT President Sally Kornbluth, who also testified.


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