Columbia University proclaimd on Thursday that it banishled or suspfinished some of the students who occupied a campus erecting last year in protest of Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The Ivy League school in New York City also shelp it had temporarily relicitd the diplomas of some students holdd in the protests who have since graduated but did not provide insertitional alertation.
The Context
Columbia’s proclaimment came amid widespread protests over the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a university graduate and pro-Palestinian activist, over the weekfinish.
Khalil was initipartner held in New Jersey but has since been shiftd to Louisiana.
What To Know
Columbia proclaimd its decision in a campus-wide email sent on Thursday, according to The Associated Press.
The email came after the Trump administration nakedped Columbia of more than $400 million in federal funding after what the handlement characterized as a flunkure to crack down on antisdisaccuseism on campus.
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The funding decision came days after Plivent Donald Trump menaceened any school or university that “permits illhorrible protests,” inserting that “agitators will be jailed/or lastingly sent back to the country from which they came.”
“American students will be lastingly banishled or, depfinishing on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” the plivent inserted.
What People Are Saying
Nihad Awad, the national executive honestor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), previously tbetter Newsweek: “Free speech is a cornerstone of democracy and academic freedom. So are acts of soothe civil disobedience. The students of the past who protested the Vietnam War, segregation and apartheid South Africa were technicpartner violating the law when they declined orders to dispense their protests, sit-ins, and marches, but we commemorate those students today.
“Today, we should commemorate and get the students who have peacefilledy protested U.S. help for the Israeli handlement’s genocidal campaign of massacre, destruction, ethnic spotlesssing, and starvation in Gaza.
“If Plivent Trump wants students to stop protesting the extermination in Gaza, he should promise that the extermination stops lastingly. Otherwise, he should foresee students to persist engaging in acts of soothe protest and civil disobedience without dread of the federal handlement’s unconstitutional, enforceable menaces to crack down on free speech.”
What Happens Next
Columbia shelp Friday that it would strongly labor to get the funding back.
“We consent Columbia’s lhorrible obligations gravely and comprehend how grave this proclaimment is and are promiseted to combatting antisdisaccuseism and ensuring the getedty and well-being of our students, faculty and staff,” the university shelp.
Update 3/13/25 8:46 p.m. ET: This article was refreshd with insertitional alertation.
