“The University of Pennsylvania has an obligation to their safety,” he said. “It is past time for the university to act, to address this, to disband the encampment, and to restore order and safety on campus.”

The encampment spokesperson said that Penn’s administration “doubled down on their oppression toward the encampment” and referred nine students for disciplinary action yesterday. 

The Daily Pennsylvanian spoke with eight Penn alumni who have gone on to hold a diverse array of careers in politics — from the local level to overseas. 

The investigation is an expansion of several ongoing investigations into universities' — including Penn's — handling of antisemitism on their campuses. 

Krasner spoke to student organizers and legal observers on the edge of the encampment before holding a brief press conference.

In the statement, the committee outlined several alleged “abuses” of Penn’s open expression guidelines and called for a new system to “interpret and enforce the Guidelines on Open Expression.”

The rally was held “in support of a peaceful campus environment for Jewish faculty, staff, [and] students,” according to flyers circulating on Instagram.

Shapiro also emphasized the need to prevent antisemitism on campus while simultaneously allowing for free expression.

At the session, attendees heard from 10 members of the Penn community about campus safety, open expression, and administrative inaction since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.

The protestors have set up at least 20 tents in front of College Hall after hundreds of Penn students, faculty, and Philadelphia community members rallied in support of Palestine.

From 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Election Day, 575 voters in the Penn community cast their ballots at three polling locations across campus.

The University hired Cassidy & Associates in the wake of controversies at Penn and other higher education institutions surrounding campus responses to the Israel-Hamas war.

The Penn community will be voting on a variety of elected positions in the 2024 primary elections, from United States president to state representative.  

Biden, a former Penn Professor of Presidential Practice, addressed an energetic crowd in a speech that contrasted his plan against former President and 1968 Wharton graduate Donald Trump.

Although no vote has been scheduled at this time, Penn Vet and Pennsylvania House Democrats remain hopeful that the school will receive funding, as it has since 1889.

In many regards, the hearing resembled the December 2023 hearing in which former Penn President Liz Magill was grilled about the state of antisemitism on the University's campus.

Parker spoke to an audience of approximately 60 people at the Perelman Center for Political Science and Economics about public safety, combating the drug epidemic, and encouraging voter participation.