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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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