{"id":2235713,"date":"2024-05-02T15:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irrevocably-shaken-editors-of-columbia-law-review-demand-cancellation-of-exams-citing-trauma-caused-by-police-presence-on-campus\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T19:31:13","slug":"irrevocably-shaken-editors-of-columbia-law-review-demand-cancellation-of-exams-citing-trauma-caused-by-police-presence-on-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irrevocably-shaken-editors-of-columbia-law-review-demand-cancellation-of-exams-citing-trauma-caused-by-police-presence-on-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial Outcry: Columbia Law Review Calls for Exam Cancellation Due to Campus Police Trauma"},"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\">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%2Firrevocably-shaken-editors-of-columbia-law-review-demand-cancellation-of-exams-citing-trauma-caused-by-police-presence-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=2235713&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 \u200dColumbia Law Review editors, deeply affected by recent \u200bevents, urge Columbia Law School to cancel exams due to the emotional impact of campus police\u2062 actions. The statement, supported by other law \u2062journals, \u2063claims police brutality and calls for student well-being. Despite school plans to continue \u2062exams, the review \u2063challenges the exam policy citing concerns over equity and safety. The Columbia Law Review editors, profoundly impacted\u200d by recent events, advocate for exam cancellation\u200c at Columbia Law School due to the \u200cemotional toll of campus police activities. Their joint statement, backed by fellow\u2064 law journals,\u200c condemns police \u200dbrutality and prioritizes student\u200c welfare. While the school intends to proceed with exams, the review raises equity and safety issues regarding the exam policy.  <\/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>Editors say the \u2018violence\u2019 has left them upset and \u2018unable to focus\u2019<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tColumbia Law School (Wikimedia Commons)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The student editors of the <i>Columbia Law Review<\/i> issued a statement on Wednesday urging Columbia Law School to cancel exams in the wake of the police operation that cleared the university\u2019s unauthorized encampment, saying the &#8220;violence&#8221; had left them &#8220;irrevocably shaken&#8221; and &#8220;unable to focus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement, which represents the majority opinion of the editorial board and was endorsed by five other law journals, including the <em>Columbia Human Rights Law Review &#038; A Jailhouse Lawyer\u2019s Manual<\/em>, accused the police of &#8220;brutalizing&#8221; students\u2014though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/columbia-university-protests-nypd-video-hamilton-hall\/5371376\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no major injuries<\/a> have been reported\u2014and claimed that canceling exams was a &#8220;proportionate response&#8221; to the &#8220;distress our peers have been feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current exam policy raises concerns around equity and academic integrity,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;Many are unwell at this time and cannot study or concentrate while their peers are being hauled to jail.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The statement also accuses members of a &#8220;white supremacist, neo-fascist hate group&#8221; of &#8220;storming&#8221; campus\u2014an apparent reference to a pro-Israel rally organized by Christian Zionists, including the evangelical musician Sean Feucht, who gathered outside of Columbia\u2019s gates on April 25 for hymns and prayer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We do not think it is inconsistent with being a leading voice in legal academia and legal scholarship to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-opens-civil-rights-investigations-into-states-banning-school-mask-mandates\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Opens Civil Rights Investigations Into States Banning School Mask Mandates\">prioritize students\u2019 health<\/a> and safety,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia Law School told the <i>Washington Free Beacon <\/i>it had no plans to cancel exams, which it said would be administered &#8220;through the conclusion of the exam period.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The law review\u2019s editor in chief is Alexandria Iraheta Sousa, a second<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/law-school-student-letter-details-culture-of-bullying-at-university-of-north-carolina\/\" title=\"Law School Student Letter Details \u2018Culture Of Bullying\u2019 At University Of North Carolina\">-year law student<\/a> who has worked for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexandriairahetasousa\/?utm_source=share&#038;utm_campaign=share_via&#038;utm_content=profile&#038;utm_medium=ios_app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">numerous progressive nonprofits<\/a>, including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-hawley-files-counter-complaint-against-senate-dems\/\" title=\"Sen. Hawley files counter-complaint against Senate Dems\">dark money group<\/a>, Demand Justice, that advocates court packing. She did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">law school<\/a> already postponed exams scheduled for May 1\u2014the day after protesters smashed the windows of Columbia\u2019s famous Hamilton Hall and barricaded it from the inside, leading to a confrontation with a janitor who said he was held hostage\u2014and has made all of them virtual amid the unrest. Hundreds of police officers descended on the building Tuesday night, arresting 40 people in the hall and nearly twice as many outside of it, not all of whom were students. The entire operation took just two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Though the protesters are facing a range of criminal offenses, including burglary and trespassing, legal experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/30\/nyregion\/columbia-protests-hamilton-hall.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">say<\/a> they are unlikely to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-desantis-will-pardon-those-charged-with-covid-crimes\/\" title=\"Ron DeSantis Will Pardon Those Charged With COVID Crimes\">face jail time<\/a>. Many seem to be banking on New York\u2019s lax criminal sentencing laws, including the lack of cash bail, to keep them out of serious trouble, according to notes from meetings between Columbia and Princeton organizers <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/exclusive-notes-from-princeton-activists-show-coordination-between-campus-radicals-and-outside-groups-aimed-at-outfoxing-university-administrators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained<\/a> by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>While Columbia has promised to expel the students who occupied Hamilton Hall, it is only suspending those who took over the university\u2019s central quad for over a week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Columbia thinks they will get suspensions cleared,&#8221; notes from a powwow between Princeton and Columbia activists read.<\/p>\n<p>The crackdown has nonetheless shaken students on the top-ranked law journal, whose latest masthead includes four &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; editors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time,&#8221; the Wednesday statement said. &#8220;This only follows the growing distress that many of us have felt for months as the humanitarian crisis abroad continues to unfold, and as the blatant antisemitism, islamophobia, and racism on campus have escalated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That distress, the statement continued, &#8220;is not disproportionate to the outsized impact&#8221; these ills have had &#8220;on many of us in the community.&#8221;\t<\/p>\n<p>If the law school won\u2019t cancel exams, the editors say it should at least make all courses pass\/fail\u2014a move that would make it impossible to differentiate between those who ace their tests and those who barely pass them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Instituting an optional Pass\/Fail policy is not really optional when employers will see that some students have grades and others do not,&#8221; the statement argues. &#8220;[T]his leaves room for the introduction of extreme bias into the hiring process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia Law Review editors express distress and distraction after campus police action. 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