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Columbia students celebrate as school officials promise no lockdown or evictions over anti-Israeli protests
Anti-Israel protesters are singing and celebrating as Columbia University squashed rumors of looming campus lockdowns and mass evictions over the ongoing “tent city” demonstration. The school administration, which has been slammed for repeatedly bowing to protesters, said that negotiations with the students are moving forward despite the Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine group claiming that the university was threatening to lay down the hammer. “We want to be clear: There is no truth to claims of an impending lockdown or evictions on campus,” the administration said in a statement Saturday night. Thee SJP accused the university of changing its tune under...
Live Updates: SJP calls for reinstated encampment on the Main Quad
UPDATE: April 28, 8:45 p.m. After a speech given by a representative of the encampment about the organizers’ disappointments with Chancellor Robert J. Jones’ Massmail, protesters began creating a barricade around the tents for the first time in hours. No police presence is near the encampment at this...
How Columbia University’s complex history with the student protest movement echoes into today
NEW YORK (AP) — College students taking up space and making demands for change. University administrators facing pressure to get things back under control. Police brought in to make arrests. At other schools: students taking note, and sometimes taking action. Columbia University, 2024. And Columbia University, 1968. The pro-Palestinian...
Arrests roil campuses nationwide ahead of graduation
Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as schools with graduation ceremonies next month face demands they cut financial ties to Israel because of the Israel-Hamas war. Many campuses were largely quiet over the weekend but protesters on both sides of the issue shouted and shoved each other during dueling demonstrations...
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Princeton University's graduation rate, the highest in the country. It takes the average student 4.5 years to graduate with a bachelor’s degree, according to data compiled by the National Center for Education Statistics. Analysis by the education analysis website DegreeChoices shows Princeton University has the highest graduation rate in...
HUA Problem Solving Team Sets July Deadline for Issuing Recommendations in First Meeting
The Harvard Undergraduate Association's constitutional dispute halting a College-wide referendum on divestment from Israel will not be solved until at least July. By Frank S. Zhou. The Harvard Undergraduate Association’s constitutional dispute blocking a College-wide referendum on divestment from Israel will not be resolved until at least July, further complicating...
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