Columbia University has come to its senses. Or maybe its dollars and “senses”. You decide.
From Rachel Goodman’s article at Global News, via msn.com:
Columbia University has issued sweeping sanctions against students who took part in pro-Palestinian protests last spring, just days after a prominent former student activist was detained by immigration authorities inside his home and multiple campus accommodations were raided by homeland security agents.
The Ivy League institution announced Thursday that its judicial board has issued a range of disciplinary actions against students who occupied Hamilton Hall last April, with consequences ranging from multi-year suspensions to temporary degree revocations and expulsions. In its statement, Columbia did not specify the number of people disciplined.
Last spring, students, along with people not associated with the school, breached Hamilton Hall, a campus building, and locked themselves inside after refusing to dismantle encampments by the deadline.
The ordeal ended in more than 280 arrests.
Hmmmmm. This happens maybe a week after the Trump administration takes back $400 million in grants. What an amazing coincidence.
Or…..maybe the two are related in some way.
Y’know, I think that just might be the case.
How many students are being punished this way? Columbia isn’t saying.
Will the “multi-year” suspensions really hold or are they window dressing to convince Trump & Co. Columbia is finally doing something that will quietly be rescinded in the near future? We have no way of knowing.
But the mere fact that Columbia feels a need to at least pretend it is doing something about the hatred which seems to pervade their campus is an improvement. And who knows? Maybe they’re really serious about it this time.
Amazing what the withholding of $400 million dollars will do….
