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ICE Detain Columbia Activist in Trump Crackdown on Pro-Palestinian Protests (Update: White House Responds)

Posted by Ben Smith on March 09, 2025 56 Comments

Federal immigration authorities have detained Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist, and recent Columbia University graduate, in what appears to be an escalation of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism among visa and green card holders. Khalil, who played a central role in student protests demanding Columbia divest from Israel, was taken into custody over the weekend.

Senator John Fetterman Supports Trump Decision to Cut Funding to Columbia Over Antisemitism

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 09, 2025 5 Comments

"Columbia let antisemitism run amok to cater to lunatic fringe and paid provocateurs."...

Trump Admin Strips Columbia of $400 Million in Grants

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 07, 2025 54 Comments

Trump already threatened higher education institutions to pull federal funding over illegal protests....

Anti-Israel Students Arrested at Barnard College Are Mostly Children of Privileged Backgrounds

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 07, 2025 11 Comments

"Of the nine individuals arrested after storming Millstein Library, four are Columbia students"...

Masked Anti-Israel Protesters Take Over Barnard College Library, NYPD Makes Arrests

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 06, 2025 22 Comments

"The disruption of academic activities is not acceptable conduct. We are committed to supporting our Columbia student body and our campus community during this challenging time."...

Trump Threatens to Strip Funding to Colleges Over ‘Illegal Protests’

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 04, 2025 21 Comments

Three departments started reviewing federal contracts, grants connected to Columbia due to the antisemitic protests that plagued the campus last spring....

Masked Anti-Israel Students Take Over Barnard College Building After Expulsion of Two Others

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 27, 2025 38 Comments

"footage of the storming of a Barnard campus building, Milbank Hall, shows droves of keffiyeh-clad student radicals shoving their way into a building entrance"...

Mike Pompeo Lands Job at Columbia University

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 25, 2025 11 Comments

Do more, Columbia....

House Panel Demands Columbia University Hand Over Disciplinary Records of Anti-Israel Protesters

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 15, 2025 4 Comments

“Columbia’s continued failure to address the pervasive antisemitism that persists on campus is untenable, particularly given that the university receives billions in federal funding”...

Anti-Israel Vandals at Columbia U. Fill Toilets With Cement

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2025 9 Comments

"The accompanying manifesto claimed that it had attacked the school because it had expelled an anti-Israel student activist."...

Columbia University Increasing Security After Anti-Israel Protesters Barged Into Classroom

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 25, 2025 4 Comments

"No group of students has a right to disrupt another group of students in a Columbia classroom"...

Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia U. Barge Into Classroom Donning Face Coverings

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 23, 2025 19 Comments

"filming themselves as they recited a script, passed out propaganda, and harassed students, most of whom are Jewish"...

More Details Emerge About Departure of Anti-Israel Prof From Columbia

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 21, 2025 1 Comment

"a termination dressed up in more palatable terms"...

Anti-Israel Protesters at Columbia University Face Disciplinary Hearings

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 19, 2025 3 Comments

“Under our statutes, we rely on the University Judicial Board to conduct these disciplinary processes, which are ongoing, pursuant to the Rules of University Conduct”...

Columbia Law Prof Accused of Harassing Israeli Students Leaves University

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 12, 2025 5 Comments

"I condemned the spraying of pro-Palestinian protesters on our campus with a toxic chemical that caused such significant injuries"...

Poison Ivies: DEI and the Downfall of the Ivy League

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 22, 2024 17 Comments

"The review of Ivy League practices by our CriticalRace.org project reflects substantial efforts by Ivy League schools to purport to comply with the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action, while maintaining work-arounds and DEI practices that continue the obsession with racial identities."...

Columbia Prof Resigns Over School’s Decision to Have Academic Who Praised October 7th Attacks Teach Zionism Course

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 17, 2024 2 Comments

"Columbia has lost not only its moral compass, but its intellectual one."...

Anti-Israel Group at Columbia U. Distributes Pamphlet With Link to Financer of Terrorism

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2024 4 Comments

"The PLFP is a designated terrorist organization which, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and assisted with the brutal Hamas attacks on October 7 of last year."...

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