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"My hope is that we admirers of the Jesuit ethos will not be disappointed in how the demonstrators are ultimately treated."


"I have always been so proud of my son's Fordham education and his steeping in Jesuit standards of intellectual rigor, personal integrity and social justice. Please don't betray those values by anything less than giving fair treatment to those students who were pursuing what they saw as fairness for others. My hope is that we admirers of the Jesuit ethos will not be disappointed in how the demonstrators are ultimately treated."
Mary Killenberg Riley, parent of an alum

The petition protesting the initial, punitive treatment of accused students, which was sent to Fordham President Joseph McShane on May 1, now has over 1650 signatures (and you can still sign it). Many signers added passionate and powerful comments with their signatures. Those comments will be posted here, anonymously or attributed, depending on what the signer gave permission to do.
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