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Mahmoud Khalil Suing Columbia for Allegedly Failing to Protect Anti-Israel Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 15, 2026 7 Comments

“We are suing because no student, regardless of their background, should go through the hell that Columbia put us through over all these years”...

Zohran Mamdani Wants to Reopen Columbia’s Campus to the Public

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2026 4 Comments

"the move from Mamdani, a longtime critic of Israel who got his own political start in pro-Palestinian activism, puts pressure on the university"...

Mamdani’s 9/11 Pen Goes to Lawyer for Al Qaeda Operative

Posted by Ben Smith on September 06, 2026 19 Comments

He later represented Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University activist detained by ICE, and was tapped by Mamdani as chief counsel last December. ...

‘I Like to Kill Jews’: Columbia Student Facing Deportation has History of Supporting Terrorism, Antisemitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 03, 2026 60 Comments

"graduated last year from Columbia's highly selective undergraduate program and is now believed to be a graduate student at its left-wing international affairs school"...

Judge Dismisses Discrimination Lawsuit Against Columbia From Pro-Hamas Professor

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 22, 2026 4 Comments

“Death to America … means the death of this evil regime”...

Columbia Student Who Said ‘Zionists Don’t Deserve to Live’ Loses Lawsuit Against School

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 19, 2026 6 Comments

"New York State Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Waterman-Marshall dismissed James’ complaint on July 3, 2026"...

Fired ’60 Minutes’ Journalist Scott Pelley Hired by Columbia School of Journalism

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 05, 2026 32 Comments

"Columbia is leading the way in training the next generation of great journalists, and I am honored to join Sharyn in that vital cause."...

Columbia UAW Drops Israel Divestment Demand From Contract Negotiation

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 04, 2026 3 Comments

“We cannot bomb our way to peace.”...

Columbia University’s Climate Activism Program Now Spans 12 Schools

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 25, 2026 3 Comments

“more responsive to the critical, urgent social and environmental demands of this moment and the future”...

Mahmoud Khalil Uses Ku Klux Klan Act to Sue Trump Officials, Pro-Israel Groups

Posted by Mary Chastain on July 14, 2026 18 Comments

Khalil cited 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3), known as the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871 (“KKK Act”), and § 1986 in his complaint....

Lawsuit Alleges Lawyer for Jewish College Students Profited by Preying on His Clients

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 07, 2026 4 Comments

"allegedly refused to give the plaintiffs his firm’s billing records from their case, while his cut totaled more than $6.4 million — well over half the settlement’s total payout"...

Anthropology Course at Columbia University Teaches ‘Presumed Whiteness’ of ‘Ideal American Citizen’

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 04, 2026 6 Comments

“Whiteness, Sentiment and Political Belonging”...

Anti-Israel Student Activists Use Bogus AI-Generated Cases in Lawsuit Against Columbia, Barnard

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 29, 2026 8 Comments

“There was no intent to mislead the Court, and undersigned counsel accepts responsibility for the miscitations.”...

Columbia Reinstating Standardized Testing for Admissions

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2026 3 Comments

"First-year and transfer applicants seeking to enroll for Fall 2028 will need to submit either SAT or ACT scores."...

Art Exhibit at Columbia Accuses University of Enabling ‘Genocide’ in Gaza

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 02, 2026 2 Comments

"On display at the May exhibition was a keffiyeh—a recognizable headscarf widely associated with the 2024 pro-Palestine protests and donned by many student participants."...

Anti-Israel Activists at Columbia Protest Virtual Commencement Speech by Israeli President

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 01, 2026 3 Comments

“We are dedicated to the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea, and it is because of that, that even though he is on Zoom, we cannot let Herzog’s presence here slide.”...

Elise Stefanik’s Poisoned Ivies Challenges the Direction of Elite Academia

Posted by Nora Dimitrova Clinton on May 24, 2026 27 Comments

Written with clarity and moral force, Poisoned Ivies is essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of American higher education....

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