By Mark Grey
12:46pm PDT, Apr 23, 2024
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Amid tense pro-Palestine protests on campus, Columbia College has determined to transition to a principally hybrid schedule that can permit college students to take courses on-line by the tip of the semester.
The protests and the habits of some college students — and a few college members — are having different repercussions as nicely: On Monday, April 22, New England Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft, a former Columbia pupil and main donor to the college, pulled his monetary help for his alma mater over the remedy of Jewish college students.
In an announcement through his Basis to Fight Antisemitism, the billionaire stated, “It was by the total tutorial scholarship Columbia gave me that I used to be in a position to attend faculty and get my begin in life and for that I’ve been tremendously grateful. Nevertheless, the varsity I really like a lot – the one which welcomed me and offered me with a lot alternative – is not an establishment I acknowledge.”
“I’m deeply saddened on the virulent hate that continues to develop on campus and all through our nation. I’m not assured that Columbia can shield its college students and workers and I’m not comfy supporting the college till corrective motion is taken,” the assertion continued.
“It’s my hope that Columbia and its management will stand as much as this hate by ending these protests instantly and can work to earn again the respect and belief of many people who’ve misplaced religion within the establishment. It’s my hope that on this troublesome time, the Kraft Heart at Columbia will function a supply of safety and security for all Jewish college students and school on campus who need to collect peacefully to apply their religions, to be collectively and to be welcomed,” the assertion concluded.
Click on by to see what others in politics and in popular culture are saying in regards to the state of affairs at Columbia…
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“To the scholars at @Columbia, and another college students at schools throughout the US, blocking Jewish youngsters from getting into the varsity to go to class: You are presupposed to be sensible. You are blaming your 18 yr outdated classmates from the US for the actions of the federal government of Israel? What the hell are you being taught? Suppose logically and stop being sheep and being utilized by your professors.” –Jon Lovitz
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“All of us keep in mind the horrific scenes in Charlottesville 7 years in the past of neo-Nazis chanting ‘Jews is not going to substitute us.’ The Columbia college students shouting ‘Return to Poland!’ and ‘burn Tel Aviv to the bottom’ share the identical hateful message: Jews will not be welcome.” —Rep. Jared Moskowitz
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“It is a humiliation. If these folks have been screaming at another group of individuals this is able to be taken care of… These are bullies. These are cowards. These are pathetic, low-life scumbags. It is embarrassing. However agenda no 1 is to free our hostages. Agenda quantity 1-A is to eradicate Hamas.” —Michael Rapaport
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“If Columbia college students are chanting, ‘we’re Hamas,’ they need to transfer to Gaza.” —Sen. Marsha Blackburn
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Whereas selling the United For Israel March at Columbia on April 25, Patricia Heaton wrote on X, “Mates, right here is a chance to face up for humanity, for decency, for democracy, for Judeo-Christian values, for Israel, for America, for Western civilization.”
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“The anti-Semitic violence and intimidation occurring on our nation’s faculty campuses like Columbia and NYU is DISGRACEFUL.” —Rep. Byron Donalds
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“Each single one among these faculty and college presidents who refused to take motion ought to instantly resign in shame, and if they do not resign — their a**** needs to be thrown out! I’ve by no means seen a extra disgraceful act than what we’re seeing on faculty campuses proper now.” —Rep. Mike Lawler
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“As anti-Israel mobs swarm @Columbia calling for violence in opposition to Jews, its Board has a alternative: 1) Power management to sentence this hate and shield Jewish college students, or be eliminated. 2) Stay silent and watch Congress strip all federal funding.” –Sen. Rick Scott
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“As an alternative of clearing out the antisemitic mob, @Columbia is transferring courses on-line by the remainder of the yr. This cowardly transfer caters to pro-Hamas activists whereas doing nothing to guard Jewish college students. President Shafik must step down as we speak.” –Rep. Burgess Owens
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“Joe Biden has an obligation to guard Jewish college students on campuses like Columbia and NYU from what are nascent pogroms.” –Sen. Tom Cotton
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“Antisemitic hate on faculty campuses is unacceptable. I’m deeply involved by what is going on at Columbia College. In November 2023, our Workplace for Civil Rights opened an investigation of Columbia involving Title VI. Whereas we won’t touch upon pending investigations, each pupil deserves to really feel a way of security and belonging in school. Hate has no place in our faculties. All training leaders should stand definitively in opposition to hate, antisemitism, anti-Arab, and anti-Muslim sentiment. Universities are at their greatest after they promote the respectful trade of numerous views and constructive debate. Our Workplace for Civil Rights interprets the civil rights legal guidelines we implement in keeping with free speech and different rights protected underneath the First Modification. However we cannot tolerate hate or harassment that targets college students due to who they’re or who they’re perceived to be.” —U.S. Training Secretary Miguel Cardona
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“At @Columbia, we’re seeing college students name for the homicide of their Jewish classmates and specific help for Hamas. Freedom of speech does NOT give anybody the correct to harass or threaten others. Condemnation of those Hamas sympathizers is NOT sufficient. It is time to expel them.” –Rep. Pete Stauber
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“Jewish college students on @Columbia’s campus are being focused and harassed. And, we cannot stand for it.” –Rep. Josh Gottheimer