Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? | Rashid Khalidi
IT wasn't about eliminating anti-Semitism. It was always to silence Palestine. That was the nausea of the protesting students, and now it was meant to constantly connect with the nausea of the faculty. While the partisans of the massive massacre of Israeli-Americans in Gaza may have been upset by the protest, many students whose rights […]
Columbia University student, 21, arrested during anti-Israel protest faces deportation by Trump admin
A Columbia University junior who was arrested during an anti-Israel protest earlier this month is currently facing deportation to stop President Trump and other high-ranking officials from abandoning her on Monday. Immigration authorities are attempting to deport 21-year-old Yoon Zeo Chung, who moved to the US from South Korea with his family nearly 15 years […]
Trump admin accuses Columbia University grad of fraudulent green card application, ties to Hamas-linked UN group
President Donald Trump's administration accused Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born activist leader who attended Columbia University, of hiding his previous employment in the United Nations Relief and Labour Agency for Palestinian Refugees. According to Sunday Court filingProsecutors alleged that Halil withheld information on his green card application, including Hamas' previous role in a tied UN agency. […]
Masked Columbia protesters march on campus, defying days-old ban to comply with Trump order
Dozens of masked protesters flocked to the Columbia University campus, and school officials enacted restrictions that would suppress facial coverings in order to comply with the Trump administration's orders aimed at combating anti-Semitism in higher education. A fresh round of demonstrations has led Jewish Columbia students to question whether the new rules have been fully […]
Columbia University professors, activists hold “emergency vigil”
A group of people marched around the main gate of Columbia University on Monday afternoon, continuing to sway, pounding the big drums and chanting “Long Live the Intifada.” Their actions come shortly after Columbia University professors retained what they call “emergency vigils,” in response to university agreements to implement many policy changes, including overhauling rules […]
Former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil covered up UNRWA work, US alleges
The US government has accused former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil of being the latest development with impact on the state's freedom of speech, in order to appoint multiple organizations' jobs in his application. The Justice Department's lawyer has cast new accusations against Halil, including failing to disclose his application as a permanent resident who […]
Columbia falls short of its March Madness goal with loss to West Virginia
11th seed Columbia couldn't match sixth seed West Virginia on Saturday as climbers attacked the Lions 78-59 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. I didn't imagine Colombia would go through that march. The Lions set their targets for ventures that don't have Ivy League teams at the beginning of the season. Columbia wanted […]
Columbia Should Have Made the Fixes Trump Wanted Years Ago, But Trump’s an ‘Extortionist’
On Friday's “PBS Newshour” New York Times Columnist David Brooks said the conditions under the Trump administration for Columbia University to maintain federal funding were “a kind of rationality, and Columbia should have done all of this five or ten years ago. They really got ideologically out of control.” But President Donald Trump is a […]
Columbia should have said ‘see you in court’, not ‘yes, Mr President’ | Margaret Sullivan
Since early 2024, he has been running the Center for Journalism and Ethics at Columbia University. So, it would not be surprising to see the university surrender to Trump from both journalism and ethics perspectives. I have never run a university, but I run a newsroom. For 13 years (until 2012 I moved to New […]
Harvard Should Face the Same Pressure Through Losing Funds Columbia Did
On Newsmax TV's “The Record” aired on Friday, Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said he hopes along with other institutions will face the same pressure Harvard has done to combat anti-Semitism. Dershowitz replied, “Well, maybe the situation was a little different, can you imagine that there were schools in the 1950s that were in the […]