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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Olivia Rose Empson

Penn State: students’ anger persists despite cancellation of far-right event

Protesters at Penn State on 24 October 2022. ‘It’s dizzying, baffling, and clear the university did a really bad job,’ one protester said.
Protesters at Penn State on Monday. ‘It’s dizzying, baffling, and clear the university did a really bad job,’ one protester said. Photograph: Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/Rex/Shutterstock

Nick Ribaudo, a student at Penn State, was attending a protest at his university earlier this week when he heard sudden screams. He and about 300 other students were protesting against their college hosting Gavin McInnes, founder of the violent Proud Boys group, and Alex Stein, another far-right figure, on campus that evening.

Ribaudo was standing on a pillar, trying to get a vantage point of the action, when a group surged towards him, shrieking. One of their friends, a student at the university, had just been pepper-sprayed.

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