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Columbia University says it has suspended and expelled students who participated in protests (apnews.com)
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NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University announced disciplinary action Tuesday against students who participated in a pro-Palestinian demonstration inside the Ivy League school’s main library before final exams in May and an encampment during alumni weekend last year.

A student activist group said nearly 80 students were told they have been suspended for one to three years or expelled. The sanctions issued by a university judicial board also include probation and degree revocations, Columbia said in a statement.

The action comes as the Manhattan university is negotiating with President Donald Trump’s administration to restore $400 million in federal funding it has withheld from the Ivy League school over its handling of student protests against the war in Gaza. The administration pulled the funding, canceling grants and contracts, in March because of what it described as the university’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus during the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cowards.

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 12 points 4 days ago

~~Cowards.~~ Nazi collaborators.

FTFY.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 12 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I would be ashamed to be an alumni of Columbia right now, what disgusting embrace of a more violent hateful future, Columbia University we will never forget y'all were cowards when push came to shove.