Campus conflict exposed at the core of SJSU's messy fight vs Trump admin over volleyball scandal

Fox News Digital has obtained exclusive video and documents from independent verified sources, and emails via a public records request that reveal a university paralyzed and divided over its 2024 volleyball scandal involving Blaire Fleming and Brooke Slusser.Split image of Brooke Slusser and Blaire Fleming.(Alliance Defending Freedom and Getty Images)INSIDE THE FALLOUT OF THE SJSU VOLLEYBALL SCANDAL: ‘THIS IS AN OBVIOUS PROBLEM’SJSU and the California State University system (CSU) are currently waging a lawsuit against President Donald Trump's administration to assert the school followed the law in its handling of the scandal, and to reject the findings of a federal investigation.The lawsuit may set a national precedent for Title IX enforcement for public universities going forward, as SJSU faces internal and external friction.On Feb.
26, a town hall was held in the SJSU engineering building.A copy of an invitation obtained by Fox News Digital included the title "Trans Gender Rights Town Hall with SJSU Administration" in big, bold all-caps letters.The subject to be discussed was SJSU's response to the Trump administration's resolution proposal."Please come to a Town Hall with SJSU’s President and top administration, and tell them they must stand up for our transgender students," it wrote.A sign-up form said that SJSU President Cynthia Teniente-Matson would be in attendance.
But she was not there, as seen in footage of the meeting provided to Fox News Digital from an independent verified source.Just two administrators were seen in attendance.One by one, pro-trans activists came up to a lectern and unleashed emotionally charged rants, often directed at the two administrators.At one point, one of the speakers expressed being "glad" that the meeting was being recorded, so it could be sent to Teniente-Matson later.
A separate video camera was seen recording the event, in the obtained footage.Harsh orders were delivered to the two administrators there to tell the...