{"id":2227135,"date":"2024-04-22T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-moves-all-classes-online-amid-campus-chaos\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T16:49:37","slug":"columbia-moves-all-classes-online-amid-campus-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-moves-all-classes-online-amid-campus-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Shifts Classes Online Due to Campus Disruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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-moves-all-classes-online-amid-campus-chaos%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=2227135&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>Amid anti-Semitic \u2062protests at Columbia\u200d University, \u2062classes were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-education-secretary-confirmed-asks-america-to-reimagine-education\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Education Secretary Confirmed, Asks America To \u2018Reimagine Education\u2019\">moved online<\/a> for Monday at the start of \u200dPassover. President Minouche Shafik announced \u200cthe virtual\u2062 classes to deescalate tensions and address intimidating behavior \u2063on \u200bcampus. Chaotic \u2064anti-Israel protests led\u200d to the\u2064 formation of camps with violent incidents, prompting actions\u2063 against such behavior. During anti-Semitic \u2064protests at Columbia University, classes\u200c transitioned online \u200dfor\u2063 Monday during Passover. President Minouche \u200dShafik facilitated virtual\u2064 classes to \u2062ease\u2064 tensions and confront\u2062 campus intimidation. Disruptive anti-Israel protests resulted in encampments and\u2062 violent episodes, prompting measures against such conduct.  <\/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<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tPro-Palestinian students at Columbia (Spencer Platt\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Columbia University moved all Monday classes online as the week-long Jewish holiday of Passover begins amid widespread anti-Semitic protests on campus. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;To deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps, I am announcing that all classes will be held virtually on Monday,&#8221; Columbia president Minouche Shafik <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/president.columbia.edu\/news\/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-22\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  in a Monday statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-coronavirus-rules-are-stifling-free-speech-on-campus\/\" title=\"Report: Coronavirus Rules Are Stifling Free Speech On Campus\">campus community<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Over the past days, there have been too many examples of intimidating and harassing behavior on our campus,&#8221; Shafik said of the chaotic <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\"><span>anti-Israel protests<\/span><\/a>, sometimes featuring violence and anti-Semitic rhetoric,<span> that have engulfed the university since Wednesday. &#8220;Antisemitic language, like any other language that is used to hurt and frighten people, is unacceptable and appropriate action will be taken.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The chaos unfolded Wednesday morning when protesters established an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/columbia-suspends-arrests-anti-israel-student-protesters\/\"><span>encampment<\/span><\/a><span>  on Columbia\u2019s main lawn, with students shouting anti-Semitic slogans and demanding the university divest from Israel. After the student protesters ignored repeated orders to leave, New York City police on Thursday arrested some protesters, including Isra Hirsi, the daughter of &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The demonstrations <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\"><span>continued<\/span><\/a><span>  despite police interventions, resulting in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/20\/nyregion\/arrested-columbia-students-suspended.html\"><span>arrest<\/span><\/a><span>  of more than 100 Columbia students by the weekend. Columbia said it has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/publicsafety.columbia.edu\/news\/letter-nypd\"><span>suspended<\/span><\/a><span>  all of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/8-students-face-murder-charges-in-connection-to-deadly-beating-of-las-vegas-teenager-report\/\" title=\"8 Students Face Murder Charges In Connection To Deadly Beating Of Las Vegas Teenager: Report\">arrested students<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>FBI director Christopher Wray on Wednesday said his agency would be on alert for anti-Semitic hate crimes ahead of Passover, a Jewish holiday that runs this year from April 22 to April 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Today, we at the bureau remain particularly concerned that lone actors could target large gatherings, high-profile events, or symbolic or religious locations for violence\u2014particularly a concern, of course, as we look to the start of Passover on Monday evening,&#8221; Wray said at an event hosted by Jewish security organization Secure Community Network.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Shafik said in her Monday statement that university administrators will continue to communicate with the protesters to &#8220;enable us to peacefully complete the term and return to respectful engagement with each other.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R., N.Y.) has called for Shafik to step down immediately. &#8220;It is crystal clear that Columbia University\u2014previously a beacon of academic excellence founded by Alexander Hamilton\u2014needs new leadership,&#8221; Stefanik <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/22\/business\/columbia-tensions-passover-virtual-classes\/index.html\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  in a Sunday statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid anti-Semitic protests, Columbia University shifts all Monday classes online for the start of Passover. 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