Opinion: As university faculty and administrators, we should be mentoring — not vilifying — student protestors

Students are holding up a mirror to reveal our brokenness and flaws. I urge our local and national leaders to not lose sight of our mission to shepherd and mentor them, especially when they make mistakes. If we get back to that guiding moral principle, we can all hold our heads a little higher.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Demonstrators gather in support of Palestine and to defend the right for students to assemble and protest during commencement ceremonies at the Huntsman Center on the University of Utah campus on Thursday, May 2, 2024.