Emory protests face tear gas and Tasers; where the new protests are; 100 arrested at Southern Cal; pay model puts cash value on class size; and more. ADVERTISEMENT [Afternoon Update Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. THE REVIEW | OPINION [The Palestine Exception to Academic Freedom Must Go]( By Mohammad Fadel [STORY IMAGE]( Examples of institutional discrimination against Palestine advocacy abound. ADVERTISEMENT TASERS AND TEAR GAS [At Emory, Protesters Face Gas and Police Force After Setting Up Encampment]( By Nell Gluckman [STORY IMAGE]( The university initially said the demonstrators were ânot members of our community.â After evidence appeared to contradict that claim, it walked back its original assertion. CAMPUS ACTIVISM [Hereâs Where Student Protesters Are Demanding Divestment From Israel]( By Sonel Cutler and Alecia Taylor [STORY IMAGE]( On Thursday, activists put up new encampments at a dozen colleges, including George Washington University, Northwestern University, and the University of California at Los Angeles. CAMPUS UNREST I [Nearly 100 Are Arrested at Pro-Palestinian Protest at U. of Southern California]( The Los Angeles Police Department said 93 people were arrested on Wednesday at the private university for trespassing. USC, which [drew criticism]( recently for [canceling the commencement speech]( by its valedictorian, a Muslim student, said its campus would be closed to everyone except students and employees. The protests are [among]( dozens [sweeping]( campuses [nationwide](. (KTLA, The Chronicle) CAMPUS UNREST II [Pro-Palestinian Protest Continues at U. of Texas at Austin, a Day After Mass Arrests]( A local court ordered most of the more than 50 people detained on Wednesday to be released, finding âinsufficient probable causeâ for the arrests. Meantime, a [new protest]( began, to both support Gaza and condemn yesterdayâs [crackdown on a peaceful rally](. The protest was intended to join a planned rally [against]( the [stateâs new]( anti-DEI [policies](. (Austin American-Statesman, The Chronicle) COMPENSATION [This Under-the-Radar Pay Model Puts a Dollar Amount on Class Size]( By Adrienne Lu [STORY IMAGE]( Some financially strained colleges have told instructors their pay will be based on the number of students in their classes. For one adjunct professor, that amounted to a $101 paycheck. TEACHING [How Has ChatGPT Affected Your Teaching This Semester?]( By Beth McMurtrie [STORY IMAGE]( We want to hear whether things have improved, gotten worse, or stayed about the same. IDENTITY-BASED PITCH [In Response to Protests, Brandeis U. Invites Students to Transfer to Its Campus]( Amid pro-Palestinian protests on many campuses, the historically Jewish university in Massachusetts said it would provide an environment âfree of harassment and Jew-hatred.â The announcement was part of a broader branding campaign by Brandeis that, [like]( a [number]( of [other colleges]( is [making]( an [identity-based pitch to prospective students](. (The New York Times, The Chronicle) STUDENT LIFE [Hazing Concerns Prompt U. of Virginia to Expel Fraternity and Suspend 3 Others]( The university said it had terminated the Pi Kappa Alpha chapter after an investigation found it had âengaged in serious hazing behavior.â UVA did not specify what had happened. 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