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Columbia University Restores Dozens of Pro-Hamas Rioters to Good Standing, New Report Says: Dion J. Pierre, Algemeiner, Aug. 19, 2024 — Columbia University punished very few of the students who were involved in occupying an administrative building and staging a riot which prompted the university, fearing an outbreak of racial violence, to revoke a Jewish professor’s access to campus, according to a new report.
With a New Semester, Colleges Brace for More Antiwar Protests from Students; Tovia Smith, NPR, Aug. 12, 2024 — To many pro-Palestinian campus activists, it was a crushing coincidence of the calendar. Just as nationwide protests over the Israel-Hamas war were coming to a crescendo, the spring semester ended and the students cleared out. The sounds of bullhorns and chanting suddenly went silent.
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The Ideology Behind Campus Protests Is About More Than Israel: Adam Kirsch, WSJ, Aug. 16, 2024
Send in the Clowns: Liel Leibovitz, City Journal, Aug. 16, 2024
Down and Out at Columbia: Martin Kramer, Martin Kramer on the Middle East, Aug. 15, 2024
Nine Lies at the Center of Campus Antisemitism: Samuel M. Edelman, Times of Israel, Aug. 19, 2024
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Concordia University’s Department Of Communication Studies Embraces BDS Movement & Accuses Israel of Genocide: Will Taxpayers Remain Silent?: Jade Levitt, Honest Reporting Canada, Aug. 18, 2024 — When a university department claims to be committed to the precept of fighting “anti-racism,” and then willingly embraces open and unapologetic discrimination against a marginalized group, it sounds like the butt of a joke, but it’s the reality at Concordia University.
Columbia University Names Katrina Armstrong as Interim President: JNS, Aug. 15, 2024 — Following the resignation of Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, the elite college announced internist Katrina Armstrong to serve as interim president.
Iranian Ex-Officials Living in US, Canada Facing Increased Scrutiny: Roghayeh Rezael, Iran Wire, Dec. 12, 2023 — Oberlin College in the US state of Ohio has recently dismissed its professor Mohammad Jafar Mahallati, a former Iranian ambassador to the United Nations’ headquarters, from his teaching position and sent him on “indefinite leave.”
The Ivory Tower Jihad: Melanie Phillips, Substack, May 3, 2024 — The shocking scenes on campus over the past few days are far more significant than mere student demonstrations getting out of hand.