Nicholas Dirks

Assistant Professor Blake Wentworth on Wednesday was fired from his position at the University of California, Berkeley for allegedly sexually harassing four students, adding to the growing list of faculty and staff who have committed crimes against students and employees.

The morning after violent protests at the University of California, Berkeley prompted the cancellation of a speech by a controversial Breitbart editor, the president of the United States took on the school — on Twitter.

The controversial appearance of Milo Yiannopoulos at UC Berkeley met an early demise Wednesday as protesters decrying his polarizing rhetoric grew violent — breaking fences and windows, setting off fireworks and throwing smoke bombs — forcing police to discharge tear gas, issue a shelter in place and place the entire campus on lockdown.

Members of the UC Berkeley community and beyond will gather at Sproul Plaza on the East Bay campus to honor Nicolas Leslie, a student killed in last week’s truck attack in Nice, France.