{"id":2225558,"date":"2024-04-19T18:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-call-on-president-shafik-to-restore-order-on-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-04-19T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:37:27","slug":"columbia-students-call-on-president-shafik-to-restore-order-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-call-on-president-shafik-to-restore-order-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia students urge President Shafik to restore campus order"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcolumbia-students-call-on-president-shafik-to-restore-order-on-campus%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2225558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pro-Palestine \u200dstudents at\u2064 Columbia are calling on President Minouche Shafik to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">restore order<\/a> amid protests and\u2064 clashes near campus. The students expressed feeling \u2064unsafe due \u200cto ongoing disruptions and\u2062 confrontations, urging action to ensure their\u200d safety. They highlight concerns about masked protesters entering campus without proper identification, leading to fears of threats and harassment. Your\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-pushes-for-federal-gov-to-pay-for-entire-cost-of-rebuilding-baltimore-bridge-but-says-it-will-take-some-time\/\" title=\"Biden advocates for federal government to cover full Baltimore Bridge reconstruction expenses, acknowledges it will be a lengthy process\">summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points regarding the safety concerns and calls for action by Pro-Palestine students at Columbia University. \u200dIt highlights their appeals \u200bto \u200dPresident \u200bMinouche Shafik to address the disruptive environment on campus and the specific worries related\u2062 to unidentified intruders causing potential safety \u2064risks \u2064for students. Great job summarizing the main aspects \u200bof the issue concisely and clearly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>&#8216;We do not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anxious-san-francisco-residents-taking-safety-into-their-own-hands-with-self-defense-courses-high-tech-security\/\" title=\"Anxious San Francisco Residents Taking Safety into Their Own Hands with Self-Defense Courses, High-Tech Security\">feel safe walking<\/a> to nor around campus&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tPro-Palestine students at Columbia (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Columbia University students are calling on the school\u2019s president, Minouche Shafik, to restore order as chaotic protests and violent clashes near campus plague the Ivy League institution.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia students wrote in a Friday <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1diClJvdg-G2hSc4t29b9pFgrDMIpEFLYHKZLs0FpZyM\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> that they do not feel safe amid ongoing protests that began Wednesday, when Shafik testified to Congress on her response to campus anti-Semitism. Protesters have refused to leave a &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment, prompting suspensions and arrests, and violent confrontations have taken place just outside the school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We, students at Columbia University, feel categorically threatened by unaffiliated protesters on and off campus,&#8221; the students wrote. &#8220;Further, the large, unrelenting protests surrounding campus obfuscate and limit access to campus. We do not feel safe walking to nor around campus as a result.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8HAPPENING NOW: New Yorkers are descending on Columbia University to say &#8220;COLUMBIA YOU CAN\u2019T HIDE \u2014 YOU\u2019RE SUPPORTING GENOCIDE!&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G80JioJvrT\">pic.twitter.com\/G80JioJvrT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pslnational\/status\/1781370275008778300?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The students said masked protesters unaffiliated with the school have been let into buildings on campus without showing identification cards, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-jumpers-are-pushing-american-kids-out-of-school-all-across-the-country\/\" title=\"Border-crossers are displacing American students nationwide\">prompting safety concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yet despite campus access being limited to CU ID holders, these masked protesters have been seen entering campus through various entry points. One non-affiliate was recorded saying \u2018honestly a lot of people who are here aren\u2019t even students,\u2019&#8221; the students wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those of us living on and off campus cannot come and go from our homes to campus as we please without fear of being threatened, harassed, or assaulted. As such, we urge the administration to allow us to attend classes virtually until the situation has entirely de-escalated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The disarray began on Columbia&#8217;s campus as the school&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, testified before the House Education Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In one case, protesters <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assaulted<\/a> Yoseph Haddad, an Arab-Israeli journalist, who was forced to cancel his Thursday speech after he was pushed, punched in the face, and told to kill himself. Another protester, who wore a keffiyeh to obscure his identity, held a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edenyadegar\/status\/1781047273448677676\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas logo<\/a>, according to a post from Eden Yadegar, a Columbia student and the first signatory on the student letter.<\/p>\n<p>One female protester, who covered her face and head with a keffiyeh, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/StopAntisemites\/status\/1780760408116359601\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">yelled<\/a>, &#8220;We are Hamas,&#8221; &#8220;We&#8217;re all Hamas,&#8221; and &#8220;Long live Hamas&#8221; at passersby as she banged a pot against a security fence. Another protester <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jonasydu\/status\/1781178975147917797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Jewish students that Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attack on Israel will repeat &#8220;every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Never forget the 7th of October,&#8221; the protester yelled to two Jewish students standing near the entrance to Columbia&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Virginia Foxx (R., N.C.), chair of the Education and Workforce Committee, on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/edworkforcecmte\/status\/1781080401047327112?s=46&#038;t=yRFQgvXogFzhP2pNg7ZSIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> to the anti-Semitic protests &#8220;engulfing&#8221; Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For nearly two days, the pro-Hamas Gaza Solidarity Encampment has plunged Columbia\u2019s campus into chaos and endangered its students. I am glad President Shafik has taken the long overdue step of inviting the New York Police Department to clear this radical, unauthorized encampment,&#8221; Foxx wrote.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This brazen and hateful defiance of Columbia\u2019s rules was the product of months of the University\u2019s stark failure to enforce its rules and address anti-Semitism in a serious manner. Jewish Columbia students have reported to the committee that they are terrified things will get worse and are angry the administration allowed the situation to deteriorate to this point,&#8221; Foxx added. &#8220;For Columbia to correct course, the events of the past 36 hours must become a turning point.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Columbia did not return a request for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Palestine students at Columbia express safety concerns on and around campus, urging President Shafik to restore order amidst protests and clashes. 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