{"id":2235328,"date":"2024-05-02T09:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-annoyed-with-police-looming-over-finals-preparation-as-price-to-pay-for-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T09:27:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:27:59","slug":"columbia-students-annoyed-with-police-looming-over-finals-preparation-as-price-to-pay-for-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-annoyed-with-police-looming-over-finals-preparation-as-price-to-pay-for-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia students frustrated by police presence during finals due to ongoing protests"},"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\">24<\/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-annoyed-with-police-looming-over-finals-preparation-as-price-to-pay-for-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=2235328&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 summary\u2063 is about\u2063 the ongoing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-look-at-strategy-preparation-behind-inauguration-security\/\" title=\"A look at strategy, preparation behind inauguration security\">police presence<\/a>\u200d at Columbia University in New York City,\u2063 upsetting students \u2063as final\u2063 exams approach. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/community-remembers-yale-student-killed-in-conn-2\/\" title=\"Community remembers Yale student killed in Conn.\">university president<\/a> requested police presence through May \u200b17 for calm\u200d restoration after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">recent unrest<\/a>. Healing and unity\u200d are emphasized\u2064 in the letter to the New\u2064 York City\u200b Police Department. The summary discusses the presence \u200dof \u200dpolice at \u2063Columbia University in New York \u2062City, which has\u200c caused discontent among students nearing final exams. The university president has requested \u200dpolice to remain on\u200c campus until May 17 to restore \u2063calm post recent unrest,\u2062 stressing the importance of healing and \u2062unity in a\u200d letter to the New\u2063 York City Police Department.  <\/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>After unrest at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Columbia University\">Columbia University<\/a> reached its peak earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"police\">police<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"New York City\">New York City<\/a> are remaining on campus \u2014 but it has several students upset about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-afghanistan-collapses-dc-wades-into-state-mask-battles-how-new-census-data-could-impact-elections\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Afghanistan Collapses, DC Wades Into State Mask Battles, How New Census Data Could Impact Elections\">increased presence<\/a> in the waning days of the school year.<\/p>\n<p>Final exams begin for the university on Friday and continue for the next week. Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in her letter to the New York City Police Department on Tuesday, asked police to keep a presence on campus through May 17, after commencement is scheduled to be completed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is going to take time to heal, but I know we can do that together. I hope that we can use the weeks ahead to restore calm, allow students to complete their academic work, and honor their achievements at Commencement,\u201d Shafik said in a message to the university on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Opinions of students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/student-protests-columbia-university-finals-week-d6ff9629?mod=hp_lead_pos7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>interviewed<\/a> by the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> ranged from those who are relieved to see police attempting to restore order, after protests intimidated and threatened Jewish students, to those who want police off of the university campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really know how to process the fact that, at the bare minimum, there are going to be 100 cops at the celebration,\u201d university student Suleyman Ahmed said. \u201cI doubt whether the potential threat of students is worth having the sustained police presence here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other students also said they were uneasy over police presence. Mia McIlwain said she is unsettled over police actions on campus and \u201cthe fact that they will be here for weeks to come,\u201d while Nikolina Lee said the closures on campus after the protests are \u201ca huge nuisance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police were called to quell the unrest on Tuesday night after protesters had forcibly taken over a building on campus the prior night. Shafik gave the approval for the NYPD to enter campus that night, doing it \u201cwith the utmost regret,\u201d according to her letter to police.<\/p>\n<p>The looming police presence to end the semester comes as other schools, including the University of California, Los Angeles, have also called in police to put down unruly protests, which, in some cases, have devolved into violence. Some schools, such as the University of Southern California, have canceled their main commencement ceremonies over safety concerns as the 2023-2024 school year comes to an end.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following heightened unrest at Columbia University this week, NYC police stay on campus, sparking student discontent as finals approach. The increased presence during the final days of the school year adds to the frustration. 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