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Columbia University’s senate has called for an investigation into president Minouche Shafik and members of her administration, amid the ongoing protests on campus over the Israel-Gaza war.
The sentate voted on Friday to approve the resolution, and accused the administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, and breaching the due process rights of both students and professors, according to the senate’s Resolution Adressing Current Events, seen by The Independent.
Ms Shafik has faced heavy criticism for her decision to allow the New York Police Department (NYPD) to disperse protesters on the campus, resulting in the arrest of more than 100 students and sparking similar protests across the US.
The Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, visited Columbia on Wednesday and called on Ms Shafik to quit if the protests are not brought under control. He was met with a chorus of boos.
Both Jewish students and students expressing views supporting Palestinians have reported harassment, leading to safety concerns on campuses.
The student protests in the US have now inspired demonstrations elsewhere in the world, including in Paris, where protesters occupied the Sciences Po campus on Friday.
Holocaust survivor Marione Ingram stands in solidarity with Gaza protesters on GWU campus
Marione Ingram, a writer and Holocaust survivor spoke at a Gaza protest on George Washington University campus.
She visited a student emabankment to stand in solidarity with the students protesting Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
Gen-Z sees the Gaza protests as their 1968 moment: ‘We built this on their legacy’
An anti-war movement is spreading on college campuses across America and beyond. Protests have been met with police violence, mass arrests and an unbending political class — all of which have only fuelled the demonstrations further.
A hot summer of protest looms, and the stage is set for a showdown at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, writes Richard Hall.
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Gen-Z sees the Gaza protests as their 1968 moment: ‘We built this on their legacy’
An anti-war movement is spreading on college campuses across America and beyond. Protests have been met with police violence, mass arrests and an unbending political class — all of which have only fuelled the demonstrations further. A hot summer of protest looms, and the stage is set for a showdown at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, writes Richard Hall
WATCH: Pro-Israeli protests at Columbia University
Columbia’s senate calls for investigation into university president over reaction to Gaza protests
Columbia University’s senate has called for an investigation into president Minouche Shafik and members of her administration, amid the ongoing protests on campus over the Israel-Gaza war.
The sentate voted on Friday to approve the resolution, and accused the administration of violating established protocols, undermining academic freedom, and breaching the due process rights of both students and professors, according to the senate’s Resolution Adressing Current Events, seen by The Independent.
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Police launch violent crackdowns on Gaza protests on campuses across the US: ‘We’re terrified of another Kent State’
Police in riot gear have violently broken up peaceful Gaza solidarity protests at college campuses across the country, arresting over 500 students in the process.
Images of armed police beating students, throwing them to the ground and using tear gas to disperse the protests have flooded social media in the past few days as the protests continued to spread.
One video from Emory University in Atlanta on Thursday showed police using a taser on a Black man who was being restrained by three officers on the ground. Witnesses also reported police firing some kind of non-lethal projectile into the crowd.
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USC cancels main commencement ceremony following chaotic pro-Palestine protests
The University of Southern California has announced it will not hold its main 2024 graduation ceremony amid pro-Palestone protests on campus and criticism over a previously canceled student speaker.
The institution announced the decision on Thursday after protestors clashed with campus security and police on Wednesday. More than 90 protesters were arrested during the demonstrations.
USC’s 2024 commencement ceremony was scheduled for 10 May. The university said it will still host dozens of commencement events, including all the traditional individual school commencement ceremonies where students cross a stage and receive their diplomas.
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Georgia Attorney General praised police crackdowns on Gaza protests
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr released a statement on Thursday calling Gaza protests “antisemitic” — parroting a frequent talking point used by Republicans to denounce the demonstrations — and said the students had no legal right to shut down the school.
“We will proudly stand by any university that takes action to protect the health and safety of Georgia’s students,” Mr Carr said on social media. “Nobody has the legal right to shut down our schools by camping out and making antisemitic threats.”
At least two Emory University professors were arrested, while protesters were tased — even while restrained — and shot with pepper balls by law enforcement officers.
Emory University faculty call for school’s president to step down after violent police crackdowns on student protesters
Faculty at Emory University have reportedly gathered on campus to call for the university’s president, Gregory Fenves, to step down after police violently detained students and faculty protesting Israel’s war on Gaza.
Philosophy Professor Dilek Huseyinzadegan told a crowd that a police officer aimed a “machine gun” at her head and threatened to arrest she while she was trying to assist a student, CNN reports.
She said that she “does not feel safe enough to return to campus for the rest of the year,” and may leave her position at the university.
WATCH: Stanford University sees pro-Palestinian protest during Admit Weekend
Video shows moment Ohio State University protesters protect praying Muslim students from police, chanting ‘let them pray’
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