Under wintry sunshine and the benevolent gaze of Benjamin Franklin’s statue, students scurry past the office of the University of Pennsylvania president, Elizabeth Magill, unwilling to discuss the ugly row that has engulfed one of America’s oldest and most venerable universities.
“Way too sensitive,” said one. “Not a chance,” said another.
A few are more outspoken about the turmoil at Penn, where Magill has bowed to furious calls to resign, stepping down as president on Saturday amid a row about antisemitism on Ivy League campuses and a disastrous appearance before Congress last week.
“The general mood now is that most people want her out,” said James, an undergraduate wearing a Star of David necklace, who did not want to give his full name. “That’s not
