Around 80 student protesters have been disciplined by Evergreen State College this week for their participation in the spring uproar that led to a large settlement with former professor Bret Weinstein.
After the administration poured through over 120 incident reports involving 180 students, the college handed down sanctions to around 80 students. “Of those 180 students, approximately 80 were found responsible for their actions,” college spokeswoman Sandra Kaiser said. “They received sanctions ranging from formal warnings, community service and probation, to suspension.”
Several non-students who participated in the disruptions were issued criminal trespass warnings. One individual was permanently barred from campus. According to a report from The Olympian, the punishments were administered throughout the summer.
Weinstein found himself at the center of controversy after he criticized an activism event that the New York Times called “a day of racial segregation.” After he pushed back against the event, a group of students disrupted his class sessions and demanded that he resign. Shortly thereafter, protesters occupied campus with baseball bats.
In September, Bret Weinstein and his wife, Heather Heying, who was also on the Evergreen faculty, settled with the college for $500,000. Weinstein and Heying left their teaching posts at the college. As a part of the settlement, Evergreen admits no liability for the spring uproar.
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