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.
Dear Members of the Columbia Community,. I am deeply saddened by what is
Nearly two weeks ago, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik assured members of Congress that an anti-Semitic professor had been terminated. That professor, Mohamed Abdou, was "grading his students' papers" before the end of the semester and would "never teach at Columbia again," Shafik said.
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik again set a deadline for unsanctioned student protesters to vacate their "Gaza Solidarity" encampment. Hours after that deadline passed, the encampment still stands.
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...
Student leaders behind the Columbia University "Gaza Solidarity" tent encampment revealed a new demand in their negotiations with school officials: an apology letter from president Minouche Shafik, which they say is "on the table" as they remain in the encampment more than a week after launching it.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik must resign or be fired immediately.
MANHATTAN—For days, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik declined to clear out the unsanctioned "Gaza Solidarity" encampment in favor of negotiations with student protest leaders. Now, she says those negotiations brought no agreement and is asking students to "voluntarily" leave the encampment.
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik set a midnight deadline for student protesters to clear the unauthorized tent encampment that has plagued campus—only to push that deadline back twice, first to 8 a.m. and then 48 hours.
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It was a tumultuous weekend on the campus of Columbia University. The
Fox News host Laura Ingraham calls out university presidents for allowing "spoiled brats" to take over campuses in her opening monologue Tuesday on "The Ingraham Angle." LAURA INGRAHAM: Biden's spoiled brats. That's the focus of tonight's "Angle." Now, stories of horrible, bratty children indulged by their parents are nothing new. Until children are punished, until they're made to stop, they're going to keep misbehaving. Is anyone really surprised that the anti-Israel Columbia brats took over...