Swarthmore College charged eight students with serious conduct violations after they distributed protest materials targeting board members for alleged ties to Israel; the college says imagery and language threatened intimidation and potential violence. The move could lead to expulsions and has already drawn faculty and alumni scrutiny. Separately, a national survey and campus reports show student stress rising over AI‑detection technologies: students report anxiety about being wrongly flagged for cheating as institutions adopt AI detectors and uneven policies. Educators warn unclear guidance and punitive enforcement risk chilling academic risk‑taking and deepening campus mistrust. Administrators now face parallel challenges: managing protest‑related safety and free‑speech claims while developing transparent, pedagogically sound AI policies that reduce student stress and preserve academic integrity.