Universities continue to wrestle with boundaries between classroom instruction and political advocacy after two high‑profile lecturer suspensions. One lecturer disciplined for a lesson critics said promoted MAGA white‑supremacy language is back in the classroom under monitoring and other conditions, according to campus statements. At UC Berkeley, a lecturer in electrical engineering who staged a 38‑day hunger strike and made pro‑Palestinian comments in class has been suspended without pay for the spring semester after administrators concluded the remarks and visible protest activity constituted political advocacy outside course content. The lecturer has denied wrongdoing and plans to appeal. Campus leaders, faculty governance bodies and free‑speech advocates said both cases will shape local policy on classroom relevance, accommodation of political expression, and due‑process standards for faculty discipline. Legal and personnel offices are monitoring appeals and potential public scrutiny tied to changing federal priorities on campus speech.