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Temple University will not discipline Marc Lamont Hill, a political commentator who was recently fired from CNN for sharing a Palestinian nationalist phrase, the Washington Post reported. Hill is a professor of media studies at Temple. At a meeting Tuesday, board of trustees of the Philadelphia university condemned his remarks but concluded his speech was…
The former president of Temple University’s now-suspended Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was ordered for the second time to stand trial for alleged sexual assault, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. One of Ari Goldstein’s accusers testified against him on Thursday. The 21-year-old will face trial Nov. 1 on charges of rape, sexual assault, unlawful restraint and involuntary…
A former president of a Jewish fraternity at Temple University in Philadelphia was charged with attempting to commit rape and was arrested at the airport on his way to Israel for a Birthright trip, the Jewish Exponent reported. Ari Goldstein, 21, was reportedly taken into custody on May 13 at Boston Logan International Airport and…
Temple University in Philadelphia suspended the school’s chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity amid an investigation into two alleged sexual assaults at their off-campus house. University police said Friday that they had received “multiple credible reports” of alleged crimes at AEPi events, including sexual assaults, underage drinking and drug use. One alleged victim told…
A Jewish student at Temple University was punched in the face by someone manning an informational booth for Students for Justice in Palestine. The pro-Palestinian group condemned Wednesday’s assault of Daniel Vessal and said the assailant was neither a student nor a member of the group, according to the Jewish Exponent of Philadelphia. Vessal approached…
