Columbia expels anti-Semitic protesters
Columbia University announced Thursday it has suspended, expelled and revoked the degrees of students involved in the seizure of a campus building in 2024.
The violent campus protests that overtook the campus since the start of the Israel-Hamas War on Oct. 7, 2023 culminated in several arrests at the university and the overtaking of Hamilton Hall in the spring semester of 2024, during which a university employee was allegedly held hostage.
A university spokesman told the Daily Caller News Foundation they could not confirm the names or number of students affected by the punishments due to privacy concerns, but said the university “immediately began disciplinary processes” following the spring incident.
“Today, the Columbia University Judicial Board determined findings and issued sanctions to students ranging from multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions related to the occupation of Hamilton Hall last spring,” the university’s announcement reads. “With respect to other events taking place last spring, the UJB’s determinations recognized previously imposed disciplinary action. The return of suspended students will be overseen by Columbia’s University Life Office. Columbia is committed to enforcing the University’s Rules and Policies and improving our disciplinary processes.”
After investigations into the university’s response to the protests determined the university did not adequately punish students for their roles in the events, the Trump administration announced in early March it would revoke $400 million in federal funding from the university. Columbia quickly changed its tune and insisted it would make an effort to fight antisemitism on campus.
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When I was at the University of Texas in the sixties I had several Jewish friends and was not aware of any anti-Semitism on the campus although I was aware that they had their own fraternity which suggested that some fraternities did exclude them. I was taking a heavy load in order to graduate in under three years so I did not have time for frat parties and such. After I got back from being the executive officer of a rifle company of Marines in Vietnam I did the same thing in law school graduating in two years rather than three. In law school, I was in a legal fraternity that was for students with high grades and did not discriminate on other characteristics.
The Trump administration did the right thing to pressure Colombia into protecting the rights of its Jewish students.
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