Fetterman, Scott, Banks join calls for Columbia president to step down


by POLITICO

POLITICO— All of the New York House Republicans have asked for Minouche Shafik to step down.

The Washington Times—Columbia President Minouche Shafik faces rising calls from Congress to step down. Calls for Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign surged Monday over what congressional critics described as her failure to rein in the virulent anti-Israel protests that have engulfed the Ivy League institution.

Washington Free Beacon—Columbia Students Call on President Shafik To Restore Order on Campus. Columbia University students are calling for classes to become virtual and urging the administration to do more to assure public safety as anti-Israel protesters invade campus in a tent encampment. Columbia students Friday wrote in a letter that they do not feel safe as chaos descended upon the Ivy League campus. Anti-Israel protesters refuse to leave the "Gaza Solidarity'' tent encampment until the school meets their "demands" including divesting from companies that do business with the Jewish...

NBC News—A veteran activist joined Columbia protesters. Police call her a ‘professional agitator.’. As pro-Palestinian student protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York City early Tuesday, one person in the crowd outside stood out — a gray-haired woman who delivered orders to young people helping to barricade a door. “Tie it right to the lock,” she told two masked protesters holding zip ties, according to video posted on social media. The protesters did as they were told, using the ties on a metal table pressed against the door of Hamilton Hall. “Let’s give them a...