{"id":2228982,"date":"2024-04-24T10:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T10:03:12","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T14:03:12","slug":"columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia President Shafik extends deadline to clear encampment to 12 AM, 8 AM, and 48 hours"},"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\">32<\/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-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours%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=2228982&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>The student\u2062 protesters at Columbia University faced a\u200d midnight deadline from President Minouche Shafik to clear an unauthorized tent\u200d encampment. Despite extensions to 8 a.m. and \u200dthen 48 hours,\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-scramble-to-restore-pro-israel-bona-fides-after-voting-against-iron-dome\/\" title=\"House Democrats Scramble To Restore Pro-Israel Bona Fides After Voting Against Iron Dome\">tensions rose<\/a> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/christmas-is-canceled-six-arrested-officer-injured-during-pro-palestinian-protests-in-nyc-on-christmas\/\" title=\"Six people were arrested and a police officer was injured during pro-Palestinian protests in NYC on Christmas, leading to the cancellation of Christmas festivities\">protesters resisted<\/a>, leading to\u2063 a \u200bstandoff with the administration and \u2063the\u200c deployment of\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-and-officials-condemn-attack-on-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Lawmakers and officials condemn attack on U.S. Capitol\">riot police<\/a>. Negotiations continued amidst escalating tensions and a strong show\u200b of solidarity\u2063 among protesters.  <\/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>Student protesters ask participants, &#8216;Will you be ready to rally for your comrades?&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>Columbia University president Minouche Shafik set a midnight deadline for student protesters to clear the unauthorized tent encampment that has plagued campus\u2014only to push that deadline back twice, first to 8 a.m. and then 48 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Late Tuesday night, Shafik issued a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240424122006\/https:\/\/president.columbia.edu\/news\/morningside-campus-update\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span>  that set a midnight deadline for students to vacate the &#8220;Gaza Solidarity Camp.&#8221; A &#8220;small group of faculty, administrators, and University Senators,&#8221; she said, &#8220;have been in dialogue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-activists-at-catholic-university-protest-mlks-pro-life-trump-supporting-niece\/\" title=\"Student Activists At Catholic University Protest MLK\u2019s Pro-Life, Trump-Supporting Niece\">student organizers<\/a> to discuss the basis for dismantling the encampment, dispersing, and following university policies going forward.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Those talks are facing a deadline of midnight tonight to reach agreement,&#8221; Shafik wrote. &#8220;I very much hope these discussions are successful. If they are not, we will have to consider alternative options for clearing the West Lawn and restoring calm to campus so that students can complete the term and graduate.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The students did not take well to the announcement, with a protest leader using a megaphone to instruct those in the encampment to resist Shafik&#8217;s directive, setting up a standoff with the administration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;In advance of an imminent sweep, we are entering a period of high alert for the next three days,&#8221; the student said just before midnight Tuesday, according to a video. &#8220;We may need people to turn up quickly, en masse, in front of the encampment to defend the encampment.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Will you be ready to rally for your comrades?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: Columbia\u2019s pro-Palestine protestors will break up into platoons to defend the encampment in the event of arrests. &#8216;WILL YOU BE READY TO TURN UP FOR YOUR COMRADES?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wn1oeiARVW\">pic.twitter.com\/Wn1oeiARVW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1782979910673268785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Riot police went on to assemble outside of the entrance to Columbia&#8217;s campus around 2 a.m. Wednesday. But they never entered campus, with Shafik extending the deadline for negotiations to 8 a.m. Before that deadline passed, around 3 a.m., university officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/24\/columbia-protests-pro-palestinian-encampment\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  they would &#8220;continue conversations for the next 48 hours,&#8221; citing a &#8220;constructive dialogue.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Student protesters have taken steps to make the encampment welcome to all and have prohibited discriminatory or harassing language,&#8221; a university spokesperson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">More footage received from around 2am <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jBM82YzpCQ\">pic.twitter.com\/jBM82YzpCQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jessica Schwalb (@jessicaschwalb7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jessicaschwalb7\/status\/1783028988018835758?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Just outside of campus, protesters chanted, &#8220;Resistance is justified when people are occupied&#8221; and &#8220;No peace on stolen land.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If it wasn&#8217;t already clear that this was a pro-Hamas rally, here are the chants heard at Columbia tonight: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Resistance is justified, when people are occupied&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No peace on stolen land&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Video from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpencerLndqst?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpencerLndqst<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H5fDCVcD8L\">pic.twitter.com\/H5fDCVcD8L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1782955237629665651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Protests held near the entrance to Columbia&#8217;s campus have <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/arab-israeli-journalist-assaulted-at-columbia-university-forced-to-cancel-speech\/\"><span>turned violent<\/span><\/a><span>. Last week, Arab-Israeli journalist Yoseph Haddad was pushed, punched in the face, and told to kill himself during an encounter with what he called &#8220;pro-terrorist protesters&#8221; positioned near the Columbia gates. Haddad was scheduled to speak on campus that night but was forced to cancel the event.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Within the campus gates, meanwhile, a group of Jewish students were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-university-campus-unravels-in-face-of-anti-semitic-eliminationist-protests\/\"><span>targeted by student protesters<\/span><\/a><span>  over the weekend. The group went out on campus Saturday night with an Israeli flag, which was stolen. Pro-Hamas agitators later attempted to burn it. The group was assaulted, splashed with water, and followed by protesters, according to one of the students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Student protesters have expressed &#8220;solidarity&#8221; with those located outside of Columbia&#8217;s gates. Columbia&#8217;s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter, one of the groups behind the encampment, thanked the outside protesters last week for forming a &#8220;crowd&#8221; that deterred police from entering campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Student protesters urge supporters to rally for comrades as Columbia University president Minouche Shafik initially sets a midnight deadline to dismantle the unauthorized tent encampment. After delays, the deadline extends to 8 a.m. and then 48 hours. Shafik&#8217;s decision came late Tuesday night. 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