{"id":2228019,"date":"2024-04-23T10:38:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-through-end-of-semester-due-to-tense-pro-palestinian-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T10:42:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T14:42:09","slug":"columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-through-end-of-semester-due-to-tense-pro-palestinian-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-through-end-of-semester-due-to-tense-pro-palestinian-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University shifts to hybrid classes for rest of semester amid tense pro-Palestinian protests"},"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\">28<\/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-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-through-end-of-semester-due-to-tense-pro-palestinian-protests%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=2228019&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>Columbia University \u200bshifts most classes to hybrid\u2062 format until semester end due\u200b to tense pro-Palestinian protests. The move follows unrest and arrests with clashes between \u200ddemonstrators. President Minouche\u200d Shafik emphasizes\u2062 safety and \u2063continuity of \u2063learning. Faculty encouraged to adapt to \u2063hybrid teaching. Classes went virtual to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-response-to-putin-debate-challenge-shows-weakness-white-house-continues-to-deflect-amid-ramped-up-rhetoric-from-china-nk-and-russia\/\" title=\"Biden response to Putin debate challenge shows weakness, White House continues to deflect amid ramped up rhetoric from China, NK and Russia\">de-escalate tensions<\/a> amid \u2064ongoing student\u2062 protests. Your summary accurately\u2062 captures the \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-says-he-never-received-illegal-order-from-trump-after-2020-election\/\" title=\"Milley: No 'Illegal' Order from Trump Post-2020 Election\">key\u2064 points<\/a> of the information provided about Columbia\u200d University&#8217;s response to the pro-Palestinian protests. It highlights the shift to a hybrid format, the focus on safety and education continuity, and the efforts to de-escalate tensions \u200cthrough virtual classes. Well done!  <\/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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us\/columbia-university-protests-hybrid-classes-passover-tuesday\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Most classes<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> will move to a hybrid model through the end of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/priorities-university-held-basketball-games-at-100-capacity-shut-down-in-person-learning\/\" title=\"Priorities: University Held Basketball Games At 100% Capacity, Shut Down In-Person Learning\">semester due<\/a> to tense pro-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Palestinian<\/a> demonstrations on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Classes were moved to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2973827\/columbia-president-makes-classes-virtual-intimidating-harassing-behavior-pro-palestinian-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>virtual format Monday<\/a> following hundreds of arrests and campus unrest. The university faces its seventh day of clashes between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters during the Jewish holiday of Passover.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students\u2019 learning and all the required academic operations. It\u2019s vital that teaching and learning continue during this time,\u201d reads the <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.columbia.edu\/news\/guidelines-teaching-student-accommodations-and-staff-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announcement<\/a>, which urged faculty members on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikole-hannah-jones-declares-opposition-to-crt-fake-hysteria-and-a-propaganda-tool-to-stoke-white-resentment\/\" title=\"Nikole Hannah-Jones Declares Opposition To CRT \u2018Fake Hysteria\u2019 And A \u2018Propaganda Tool\u2019 To \u2018Stoke White Resentment\u2019\">main campus<\/a> who could move their classes to a hybrid format to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia President Minouche Shafik moved classes online to \u201cdeescalate\u201d tensions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need a reset,\u201d Shafik said. \u201cTo 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inside the encampment on Columbia\u2019s West Lawn, protesters were quiet Monday, compared to protesters seen outside of school gates who were seen chanting, \u201cLong live the Intifada.\u201d Several Jewish lawmakers came to campus and said they saw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2932093\/a-columbia-task-force-set-combat-antisemitism-wont-define-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw it firsthand as we walked past the encampments on the university\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-for-columbia-university-after-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-an-institution-i-recognize\/\" title=\"NFL Owner Withdraws Support from Columbia University Following Anti-Israel Demonstrations - Disheartened by Recent Developments\">main lawn full<\/a> of protesters spewing incendiary antisemitic hate and vitriol,\u201d Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) said. \u201cMany aren\u2019t even Columbia students, I\u2019ve been told. Their campaign of intimidation is sickening and shocking and, as the White House said yesterday, echoes the rhetoric of Hamas terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Schmeltz, a senior at Columbia who typically celebrates Passover on campus, told CNN he did not feel comfortable doing so this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJewish students have had enough, and it\u2019s gotten to the point that we feel safer off campus than on it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden condemned the rhetoric seen on and around the New York City campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven in recent days, we\u2019ve seen harassment and calls for violence against Jews,\u201d Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/04\/21\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-passover\/#:~:text=This%20year%2C%20let%20us%20remember,a%20Happy%20Passover%2C%20Chag%20Sameach.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a>. \u201cThis blatant antisemitism is reprehensible and dangerous \u2014 and it has absolutely no place on college campuses or anywhere in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid campus unrest and hundreds of arrests, Columbia University shifts most classes to a hybrid model for the rest of the semester due to tense pro-Palestinian protests. Classes transitioned to virtual on Monday as clashes continue between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators, marking the seventh day of tension on campus<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2228020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/columbia-protests-1024x595.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2228019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/columbia-protests-1024x595.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2228020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}