Kickoff for Cal-USC on Saturday in Berkeley was delayed due to a protest when students locked arms at midfield.
The protest is believed to be tied to the school suspending Prof. Ivonne del Valle.
Asked a Cal campus policeman about this. I thought it may have been related to Israel-Palestine, but the group was protesting suspension of professor Ivonne de Valle — link for more on that below. Police officer said protestors are being taken to jail. https://t.co/LwkL82nkYb https://t.co/bogthanKV9
— Luca Evans (@bylucaevans) October 28, 2023
KQED explained what led to the professor’s ban:
A growing group of UC Berkeley students has been staging a months-long protest campaign demanding that the university bring a suspended Spanish and Portuguese professor back to campus. They’ve shared testimonies highlighting how influential Ivonne del Valle has been both as a mentor and as a leading scholar at a school with few Latinx faculty.
“Professor del Valle isn’t just any faculty member, she’s the top expert in colonial studies,” said Emily Chamale, a second year UC Berkeley student, at a protest last month. “The question that haunts me is: If someone as respected as her is going through such things at Berkeley, what might the future be for the rest of us?”
But records obtained by KQED paint a troubling picture of what led to del Valle’s suspension. Over three investigations, which looked into behavior that began in 2018 and continued through 2022, the university found del Valle had repeatedly harassed, stalked and retaliated against Joshua Clover, an English and Comparative Literature professor at UC Davis, and then violated orders not to contact him.
The start of USC-Cal is delayed due to protest from a group of UC Berkeley students, who are locking arms and sitting at midfield. A security guard tries to wrestle them up, to no avail. pic.twitter.com/jt7wZ7NpBL
— Luca Evans (@bylucaevans) October 28, 2023
The USC vs Cal game is delayed due to a protest at the 50-yard line pic.twitter.com/2XQ8IQlVXB
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 28, 2023
Justice for Palestine student protest sit-in at midfield at Cal vs. USC pic.twitter.com/yDyLQfek89
— Avinash Kunnath (@avinashkunnath) October 28, 2023
And the sit-in for … I’m not sure what the shirts say … is ending.
USC-Cal pic.twitter.com/ZEwB3k5G1p
— Ryan Young (@RyanYoungRivals) October 28, 2023
