Amid protests, Columbia's student radio station has become essential listening
by Mother Jones
Mother Jones— Since last week, at Columbia University—as students have gathered to protest the war in Gaza and call for the university to divest from companies with ties to Israel’s military campaign—the college radio station, WKCR, has taken on a new role: near-constant news. It has suspended its usual programming and doggedly covered the demonstrations on campus. And, […]
Mother Jones—Catching up with Columbia’s student radio station after a historic broadcast. The student-run radio station at Columbia, WKCR, has been praised widely for its coverage of campus protests. The station’s popularity even led the website to, briefly, crash. And some have said the students should win a Pulitzer Prize. (This point helped poke at an irony embedded in such a situation: The prizes are given at […]
Time—Columbia’s Relationship With Student Protesters Has Long Been Fraught. Aniko Bodroghkozy, who participated in protest on Columbia's campus in 1985, spoke with TIME about how recent protests compare to other moments in the school's history some 40 and 56 years back.
KEYT—Columbia student protesters are demanding divestment. Here’s what the university has divested from in the past. WABC, CNN By Clare Duffy and Ramishah Maruf, CNN New York (CNN) — One of the core demands over the past week by the pro-Palestinian student groups at Columbia University has been for the school to withdraw investment funds from what they describe as companies profiting from Israel’s military action in Gaza. Columbia’s endowment is worth