Columbia University President Resigns Due To ‘Period Of Turmoil’ Over Anti-Israel Protests That Ravaged Campus
The controversial president of Columbia University, Minouche Safik, has resigned effective immediately.
The controversial president of Columbia University, Minouche Safik, has resigned effective immediately.
Three Columbia University deans have been “permanently removed” from their positions for sharing “very troubling” texts that “disturbingly touched on ancient anti-Semitic tropes,” university officials said on Monday.
Columbia University has officially warned anti-Israel protesters they will be suspended if they do not clear out their tent encampment by 2pm Monday.
Anti-Israel protesters that were armed with flares stampeded towards NYPD headquarters on Monday night after the number reportedly rose to more than 150 students being arrested at New York University.
Elise Stefanik, the chair of the House Republican Conference, has called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to step down over the weekend, claiming that she failed to “protect Jewish students on campus.”
The New York Police Department (NYPD) flooded Columbia University in riot gear on Thursday afternoon and began arresting anti-Israel protesters after the president of the IVY League school called for the campus to be cleared.