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meet with Ono until after 9
p.m. when they were escorted
out by police. Police said a
total of 40 arrests were made.
“That was a big issue. I
think Jewish students are just
ready for this semester to be
over,
” Rosenberg said.
U-M junior Mia Hirsch,
one of the students on the
Shaarey Zedek panel, says
flyers have caused conflict
between students on campus.
“We chose to put up flyers of
the kidnapped Israelis and they
have been ripped down again
and again,
” Hirsch said, who
added that anti-Israel students
and supporters on campus have
chosen to replace them with
flyers showing Palestinians who
have been killed.
Hirsch believes there’s a
clear difference in how the two
sides are fighting for what they
believe in.
“
At the CSG meeting, they
were rolling their eyes and
laughing when we were speak-
ing about people and family
members from Israel that were
murdered,
” Hirsch said. “We
did not do that — we chose to
be the bigger person, to listen
to them and hear them out
because they are also strug-
gling, they’re also having a hard
time, and they’re also having
family members and people
they know being killed. We are
trying our best to hear them
and listen to them. But, sadly,
they don’t feel the same for us.
”
MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY
At Michigan State University,
students have been pulled in
all directions since Oct. 7: con-
necting with family and friends
in Israel, managing schoolwork,
prioritizing their own health
and emotions, while dealing
OUR COMMUNITY
COVER STORY
ABOVE: A vigil was held on Michigan State’s campus two days
after Oct. 7. LEFT: Nate Strauss and Matthew Zivian hold the
Israeli flag in front of the MSU delegation on its way to the March
for Israel in Washington, D.C. LEFT BOTTOM: MSU students
Lauren English and Maya Lubelfeld participate in MSU Hillel’s
Challah Bake, where all proceeds were donated to FIDF.
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