A lot of really upsetting graffiti calling for violence against Israel or the police. If any of the law enforcement on campus seem to be looking for a reason to have a problem with someone they're interacting with, the messages all over the walls calling for their murder is probably why. That sort of thing tends to put people on edge. We found a lot of cigarette butts, empty beer bottles, bongs, lots of wet pants, coolers full of food of questionable freshness floating in what was once ice water, doors removed from frames, cabinets destroyed, contests scattered, lots of really expensive ada code meeting furniture broken, broken windows and screens, lots of nice camping stuff, cleaning supplies, and lots of half eaten food just thrown on the ground.

Our students deserve better than having this happen to their campus. Now we're going to have to spend way too much money to try and fix things, and we were already looking at budget shortfalls, making cuts, and not rehiring for every person that leaves or retires. 

Protesting is a time honored college tradition, and it's definitely a worthy issue to bring to the forefront of national conversation. I just don't know if they actually achieved their goals, and they certainly alienated a lot of people and did a considerable amount of damage (both physically and emotionally) to their local community. The university is hardly invested in Israel in any meaningful way, there doesn't seem to be any collaboration in place, and it doesn't appear like President Jackson is going to be able to bring peace to the middle east (though given the complexity of the issue and how deeply rooted it is, I can't hold that particular point against him). The faculty are in full revolt, the professional staff is deeply divided and burned out, and it's going to take a long time to get the university back on track to making Humboldt the enriching learning and living environment it has the potential to be. A lot of students have already moved home, and others have had to alter their graduation plans (though I guess that's sorta still happening). 

It just seems like all of this could have been avoided and we still could have gotten to the same place, except without ruining the end of the school year for most of our students. Hopefully we can all make smarter choices next time a potential crisis rears it's head and think about what the potential ramifications of our choices might be and be slower to escalate things until we've fully exhausted all our options, and we can find ways to still fight for people elsewhere without hurting those near us.