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A group of right-leaning federal judges sent a letter to the president and law dean of Columbia University stating that they won’t hire graduates of their school after the recent unrest on campus during the end of the academic year.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) sent out a statement Monday blasting Columbia University for canceling its main graduation ceremony. “President Shafik and Columbia University administrators have displayed a shocking unwillingness to control their campus. They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression. Now, thousands of students…

Pro-Palestinian Columbia students filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the school for discrimination against Gaza protesters and students from Palestine. Palestine Legal filed the complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), calling for an investigation into the university’s actions against pro-Palestinian students. The complaint alleges mistreatment with…

Johnson urges Columbia president to resign before university visit. “President Shafik has demonstrated to be a very weak, incapable leader. They can't even ensure the safety of Jewish students? They're supposed to flee and skip classes? It’s…

Columbia University said on Wednesday that it has extended discussions with pro-Palestinian demonstrators to remove their camps on the school's lawn before taking further action against them.  The initial deadline for protesters to leave was Tuesday at midnight, or else the police might have intervened to dismantle the camp. However, due to…

Yale University arrested dozens of protesters on Monday morning when a gathering grew to a few hundred people demanding the school to stop investing in military weapons manufacturers. Yale officials had told the protestors to leave and take their things after giving them numerous warnings at Beinecke Plaza.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) criticized the “antisemitism being expressed at and around the Columbia University campus” in a statement Sunday, highlighting several instances of what he called “hate speech” against Jews. “I am appalled and repulsed by the antisemitism being expressed at and around the Columbia University campus,”…

Columbia University will hold classes virtually on Monday amid ongoing unrest and heightened concern for Jewish students’ safety on campus. The school’s president, Minouche Shafik, announced the shift to online learning early Monday and instructed faculty and stuff to work remotely if they can do so. “Our preference is that students who do not live…

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) daughter Isra Hirsi announced Thursday she had been suspended from college after taking part in an unauthorized pro-Palestine protest on campus.   “i’m an organizer with CU Apartheid Divest @ColumbiaSJP, in my 3 years at @BarnardCollege i have never been reprimanded or received any disciplinary warnings,” said Hirsi on X.  …