Columbia University On Thursday, some students announced who had occupied a campus building during anti-Israeli protests last spring, would be confronted with a series of penalties, including evictions and suspensions.
The announcement came when the Ivy League institution was engaged in controversy about the arrest of a student and the withdrawal of more than $ 400 million to federal subsidies to the school The Trump Government Because of his ‘inactivity in the light of persistent intimidation of Jewish students’.
The penalties, including “multi-year suspensions, temporary diploma and deprivation with regard to the occupation of Hamilton Hall last spring”, were published by the Columbia University Judicial Board.
Students of demonstrators camp at the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University on April 30, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)
“With regard to other events that took place last spring, the provisions of the UJB recognized previously imposed disciplinary measures,” the school said in a statement. “The return of suspended students will be checked by Columbia’s University Life Office.”
The penalties come into force at the end of the professional period, the school’s manager said Thursday.
Columbia has been examined intensively about the turnout in Anti -Semitism on campus After Hamas’ attack on Israel October 7, 2023.
In February, the House Committee on Education and Workforce sent a letter to the interim president of Columbia, Katrina Armstrong, and administrative seats with anti -Semitic incidents that, according to her semester, had taken place on campus.
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Students of demonstrators march around their campus on the campus of Columbia University April 29, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
The list included taking over Hamilton Hall, the intimidation of Jewish students and disruption of an Israeli history lesson.
In August 2024, three Deans from Columbia University resigned about their text exchange that “became disturbing to old anti -Semitic tropics.”
Susan Chang-Kim, Vice-Decane and Chief Administrative Officer; Matthew Patashnick, associated dean for supporting students and families; And Cristen Kromm, dean of non -braduate student life, have all decreased.
Members of an anti-Israeli crowd broke Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on 30 April 2024. On Thursday, the school announced that some students who participated in the occupation of the building will be punished. (Alex Kent/Getty images)
That same month, Minouche Shafik of Columbia University stepped down after months of criticism of her handling of the protests on campus, many of which have been transferred in collisions between anti-Israel demonstrators and the police, and anti-Semitism on campus.
Armstrong issued a letter on Friday in response to the Trump government that has federal subsidies to the school.
Anti-Israël agitators organized camps on the Campus of Columbia University. (Getty Images)
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“When I accepted the role of interim president in August 2024, I knew that Columbia needed a reset of the previous year and the chaos of camps and protests on our campus,” Armstrong wrote. “The university also had to recognize the damage and repair to our Jewish students, who were the target, harassed and felt unsafe or undesirable on our campus last spring.”
