Less than an hour before the start of Saturday’s homecoming parade, MU students walking with the group Mizzou Students for Justice in Palestine were told they had to remove a sign from their car decorations in order to participate.

The sign, which MSJP leadership decided to take down in order to walk in the parade, read “MU Alum Mohammed Aljamal says hello from Gaza.” Aljamal obtained a master’s degree in civil engineering and wastewater treatment from MU in 2016 before returning to Gaza.

This was the first year MSJP was allowed to participate in the parade, after university president Mun Choi barred the group from participating in last year’s homecoming celebrations. Earlier this month, a federal judge found that Choi’s decision to deny the group again this year violated their right to

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