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Northwestern University is one of a handful of higher education institutions that have drawn the ire of President Donald Trump. His administration says the school is not doing enough to combat anti-semitism. The Department of Justice says it’s coming to investigate the Evanston campus. And the Department of Education has threatened federal funding if the school doesn’t take further action to protect Jewish students. Recently the administration canceled 400 million in federal funding for Columbia University in New York – another school on that anti-semitism shortlist alongside Northwestern – intensifying fears in Evanston. Michael Simon heads Northwestern Hillel - the Jewish student organization. He joins me now to talk about this current moment. HOST: LARA