Columbia University announced early Monday that it would hold classes remotely after a wave of protests on campus over the weekend that drew widespread attention from city and national officials and raised safety concerns for some Jewish students.
The university’s president, Minouche Shafik, said in a letter to the Columbia community, “We need a reset,” adding that she felt sadness about how the university’s bonds had been severely tested in recent weeks. She urged students who do not live on campus not to travel there.The campus has been embroiled in protests since last week.
On Wednesday, as Dr. Shafik testified at a congressional hearing examining antisemitism at the university, pro-Palestinian students erected dozens of tents on a central campus lawn, vowing to stay put until Columbia met demands including divesting from companies with ties to Israel.
On Thursday, after the students refused to stand down, the New York police arrested more than 100 of them.In the coming days, a working group of deans, university administrators and faculty members will work to bring the crisis to a resolution, Dr. Shafik said.
@DejectedLobbySocialist2wks2W
We're about 5 minutes away from Zionists saying Columbia students are raping beautiful angels in their vast network of tunnels beneath Manhattan.
@UnicornPeytonGreen2wks2W
We don’t know for sure that they aren’t!!!
Saw my folks this morning watching morning joe and he’s shouting about these students don’t have chants for a two state and can’t be tolerated because thats antisemitism. Romper room propaganda, repetitively drolling slow simple sentences
The “horrific” scenes at the protest that CNN is reporting about are peaceful anti-war protesters, including many Jewish students, horrified about the ongoing mass killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, including children.
@S0cialistRhinoGreen2wks2W
Im going to start using antisemitism as an excuse to get out of everything in life.
“I owe you money for an Uber? Sorry that would be money lending, which is a notorious trope from the old country.
Oh what’s that? I promised you I would pay? Sorry, that’s blood libel.”
They should transfer to Bari's Bovine University at Austin-Dallas!
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
How would you respond if your campus was the center of protests that led to a significant police response?
@9LQ6NPT2wks2W
I'd probably be pissed, since I'm just trying to go to class and have no reason to be in the middle of it.
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