Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus

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Student protesters face same suspensions as those who bring assault rifles to campus - Lemmy

What a shitty headline.

It’s a suspension pending hearing.

They’re used for a whole host of reasons including things way less serious than taking a gun to school.

Some of those facing punishment, including 40 students at UC San Diego, were slapped with “interim suspension” notices following mass arrests at protest encampments. But many others who avoided arrest face the same penalty for reasons that are far less clear. …

“You very rarely see these interim suspension cases,” said Sukham Sidhu, who heads of the Office of Student Advocacy at UC San Diego and has spent her undergraduate career representing peers through campus disciplinary proceedings. “The only times I’ve seen it imposed are in cases of physical assault.”

Physical assault = bringing an assault rifle to campus? In your mind?

Interim suspensions are a universal thing in colleges. Every college has them. They are used all the time. Cheating. Sexual harassment. Threats.