A Berkeley professor has moved into his office for a "sit-in" after accusing the Northern California school of an "inability to make difficult and important decisions" regarding antisemitism on campus, according to reports. 

Professor Ron Hassner, the Helen Diller Family Chair in Israel Studies at the school, brought a sleeping bag into his office Thursday after writing a letter to UC Chancellor Carol Christ and Provost Benjamin Hermalin.

"If my students feel that they cannot walk safely across campus without being bullied, then I will not cross campus either," Hassner wrote, according to The Jewish News of Northern California. 

"I’m thinking that maybe by doing this — giving the students some hope, showing them that someone cares, the door’s open, there’s a light in the window, please come by, let’s talk — I can avert the next disaster." 

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In a separate letter to students posted to X by Los Angeles-based Dr. Afshine Emrani, Hassner said he would now be teaching all of his classes on Zoom and encouraged his colleagues to do the same until the campus is safe from antisemitism. He told The Jewish News eight colleagues so far have agreed to start teaching their classes on Zoom in support of him.

"I will stay in my office until we take necessary steps to prevent violence between students," he added. "I will teach, eat, and sleep in my office. My office will be open at all hours of the day and night, on weekdays and weekends, to all students who do not feel safe, or who have been subjected to antisemitic abuse, or who wish to chat. 

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"I will also leave a light on in my office window at all times, so that all students walking by on Bancroft Ave. can see that at least one faculty member is sleeping as badly at night as they are."

Berkeley and other campuses have been the targets of antisemitic attacks since Hamas launched an unprovoked attack on Israel in October, beginning the war. 

"In contrast to recent protests, my protest is non-confrontational, non-violent, and legal," Hassner added. "It will be easy to ignore, especially in the first few weeks before visitors and media find me and my office in a rather disheveled state. After that, it will become an increasingly embarrassing public display of the university’s inability to make difficult and important decisions."

Hassner wrote in his letter to the administration he is "sorely afraid" over a planned protest by pro-Israel students expected to march on Monday to the school’s Sather Gate, which pro-Palestinian protesters have been blocking for a month, according to The Jewish News. 

In October, Hassner and a professor of Middle Eastern studies at the school put out a joint letter to students saying that while they "disagree vehemently," they still treat each other with "respect and dignity" and were "heartbroken to hear of incidents of near violence between students in recent days. We will not tolerate our students harming each other."  

Fox News Digital has reached out to Berkeley and Hassner for comment. 

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The school told The Jewish News it "remains committed to fostering an environment conducive to robust free speech and in which all members of its community feel that they may engage in campus life without fear of harassment. The administration is committed to confronting antisemitism and holds professor Hassner in great esteem, and it is in conversation with him about his concerns."

Rita Moreno made history in 1962 when she became the first Latina to win an acting Oscar, and Joan Crawford was eager to steal the spotlight.

The Puerto Rican actress won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in "West Side Story." And when she went offstage to bask in the glory, there was the screen star waiting for her. Moreno, 92, recalled the incident to Dave Karger for his book, "50 Oscar Nights."

"Joan Crawford was legendary in Hollywood for stealing the thunder of other people," the Turner Classic Movies (TCM) host told Fox News Digital. 

"During that Oscar night, she managed to be waiting in the wings with a photographer. The moment Rita Moreno came off the stage with her Oscar, Joan just grabbed her and pulled her into her bosom. She tried to console her, even as Rita kept saying she didn’t need any consoling. But Joan insisted on getting a great picture with the Oscar."

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"That’s Joan Crawford for you," Karger chuckled. "I thought the story was hilarious, and it just adds to the legend of Joan Crawford. I was delighted when Rita told me that story."

Crawford, who achieved the pinnacle of her fame in the ‘40s, was "drunk as a skunk on vodka," Moreno said.

"There’s Joan Crawford waiting for me," said Moreno, as quoted in the book. "I’d never met her in my life. There was a photographer waiting for her to greet me, which she had arranged, I’m sure. And she grabbed me and squashed my face against her bosom. I mean, she was built like a linebacker. She wouldn’t let me go. Her breath was very strong of something alcoholic; I couldn’t tell what it was."

"The photographer kept saying, ‘Miss Crawford, I can’t see Miss Moreno’s face,’" Moreno shared. "And she’d say, ‘Oh, but she’s so upset. There, there, dear.’ She would not let me go. And I kept saying, ‘I’m not upset!’ My voice was muffled against her bosom. And my face is all being squashed against her linebacker chest. 

"Finally, it took a couple of people to wrest me from her grasp. Then two weeks later, when I’m back in Manila [to film], I get this note: ‘Darling Rita, I cannot tell you how thrilled and moved I was that, at the most wonderful moment in your life, you took the time to stop and say hello to me. Thank you, darling. Joan Crawford.’"

Crawford first soared to stardom in the 1920s. By the 1930s, she was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood. But by the ‘40s, her career began to dwindle, and she was labeled "box office poison" to her horror. She bounced back in 1946 when she won the Oscar for best actress in "Mildred Pierce."

"Joan Crawford claimed she was too sick to go to the ceremony," said Karger. "But when she won, she accepted her award in bed — with photographers ready to take her photo."

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From the confines of her Brentwood boudoir, a glammed-up Crawford told reporters, "Whether the academy voters were giving the Oscar to me, sentimentally, for ‘Mildred,’ or for 200 years of effort, the hell with it – I deserved it."

Crawford got herself into the Oscar spotlight once more in 1963 when she offered to accept Anne Bancroft’s award on her behalf for "The Miracle Worker." Crawford even posed with the other winners after making a speech for Bancroft.

Crawford’s rival, Bette Davis, was nominated that evening while Crawford wasn’t.

"Joan did not want me to have that Oscar," Davis later told Barbara Walters, as quoted by the New York Post. "She worked very hard, campaigned very hard, talking to all of the New York people, saying, ‘If you win, I’ll accept your Oscar.’ I thought I should have had it. … She cut off her own nose, just so I wouldn’t win."

As for Moreno, she made history on her special night for another reason — giving one of the shortest Oscar speeches. The gushing star told audiences, "I can’t believe it! Good Lord! I leave you with that."

"She told me that she wishes she had the wherewithal to give a proper speech and speak about the importance of representation and being that very rare thing, a Latina Oscar winner," said Karger. "I’m glad that she expressed that in this book because it’s never too late to make the points that you want to make. 

"Just because she didn’t say it back then doesn’t mean she can’t say it now. She won her Oscar over 60 years ago, and I was so impressed that she could vividly recall all the things she felt that day. I was astonished by how much she remembered."

Crawford died in 1977. She was 69.

For years, Moreno’s Oscar was stored in a carton.

"One thing that really surprised me doing all of these interviews for this book was how many felt shy about displaying their Oscars in a public place," said Karger. "If I had an Oscar, I would carry it around with me wherever I went. But a lot of these performers, for whatever reason, felt shy about displaying it. Rita Moreno had hers sitting in a cardboard box out of view.

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"Her new husband at the time later learned that it was sitting in this cardboard box," Karger continued. "He tells her, ‘Why? You earned this. You should have it out on display. Be proud of it.’ Rita said, ‘You’re right.’ Now she does. Rita has all of her awards on display now — her Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and Tony. She has them all on display on her bookshelf."