Two Parkhurst Hall bathrooms filled with ladybugs and pro-Palestinian signs

Two Parkhurst Hall bathrooms filled with ladybugs and pro-Palestinian signs

Around 11:45 a.m. on May 1, two bathrooms in Parkhurst Hall were filled with 10,000 ladybugs. Each bathroom contained bags of ladybugs left open, as well as cardboard signs with pro-Palestinian messaging.On the sink in a gender-neutral bathroom a few paces from President Beilock's office, two cardboard signs contained drawings of ladybugs and several messages. Messages included "10,000 ladybugs!," "Divest from apartheid and genocide," "Protect i…

UNC activist who lost prestigious scholarship reflects on year since pro-Palestinian protest - Open Campus

On April 30, a pro-Palestinian protest on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus exploded in violence. The most famous scene from that day was then-interim Chancellor Lee Roberts, surrounded by law enforcement, returning an American flag to the flagpole on Polk Place, a short time after demonstrators had replaced it with a Palestinian flag. Two students, Laura Saavedra Forero and Brendan Rosenblum, played central roles on that day, albeit in different ways …

How their lives changed: Student activist who became symbol for patriotism reflects on year since UNC pro-Palestinian protest

In a two-part series, student activists reflect on their lives one year since UNC-Chapel Hill Polk Place protest. UNC student Brendan Rosenblum was one of the fraternity brothers who held up the American flag when protesters attempted to replace it with a Palestinian one.