{"id":2236943,"date":"2024-05-03T22:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T02:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-hamilton-hall-occupation-was-a-violent-act-that-crossed-a-new-line\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T22:24:44","modified_gmt":"2024-05-04T02:24:44","slug":"columbia-president-hamilton-hall-occupation-was-a-violent-act-that-crossed-a-new-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-hamilton-hall-occupation-was-a-violent-act-that-crossed-a-new-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia President Condemns Hamilton Hall Occupation as a &#8216;Violent Act&#8217; Crossing a New Line"},"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%2Fcolumbia-president-hamilton-hall-occupation-was-a-violent-act-that-crossed-a-new-line%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=2236943&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 President \u2063Minouche Shafik expressed concern over protesters&#8217; occupation of Hamilton Hall, labeling it\u200d a &#8216;violent act.&#8217; Following the NYPD&#8217;s intervention and\u2062 arrests, she\u200c referred\u200c to the incident as a challenging time for the university. The involvement of\u200c riot police drew criticism from the school&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/californias-public-university-employees-demand-equity-transformation-and-threaten-to-strike-if-they-dont-get-it\/\" title=\"California public university employees demand equity transformation and threaten to strike if demands are not met\">faculty \u200bassociation<\/a>. ### President Minouche Shafik at Columbia University:<\/p>\n<p>President Minouche Shafik \u2063assumed the role of Columbia University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-parenthetical-presidency-of-james-garfield\/\" title=\"James Garfield's presidency was marked by his untimely assassination and subsequent death, which occurred just a few months after he took office.\">20th president<\/a> on\u2064 July 1, 2023. As a distinguished economist with expertise in\u2062 public policy and academia, her leadership\u2064 has faced intense\u2064 scrutiny amid campus protests. The involvement of the NYPD in clearing\u2064 protests has prompted calls for her resignation and a vote of no confidence by the faculty association.<\/p>\n<p>### Protests \u200cand Response:<\/p>\n<p>The protests at \u200dColumbia University have placed President Minouche Shafik under significant pressure, with \u2062demands for \u200bher resignation\u2062 following the\u200d handling of the demonstrators&#8217; occupation\u2062 of Hamilton Hall. The \u2063criticism has escalated,\u200d leading to calls for a vote of no confidence from the faculty association due\u200c to the partnership with the\u200b NYPD \u200dduring the intervention.<\/p>\n<p>### NYPD Intervention and Challenges:<\/p>\n<p>The intervention of the New York Police Department in dealing with the campus protests has sparked controversy\u200b at Columbia University. President Minouche \u200cShafik&#8217;s decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-andrew-pollack-on-michigan-shooting-arrest-those-school-administrators-who-let-that-mentally-ill-kid-go-to-his-classroom\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Andrew Pollack on Michigan Shooting: 'Arrest Those School Administrators' Who 'Let that Mentally Ill Kid Go to His Classroom'\">involve law enforcement<\/a> has created a\u2062 divisive atmosphere, resulting in faculty \u200bmembers questioning her leadership and openly expressing a lack of confidence\u200c in her\u2063 handling of\u2062 the situation.  <\/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.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a> President Minouche Shafik admitted on Friday that protesters who illegally occupied Hamilton Hall \u201ccrossed a new line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Days after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York <\/a>Police Department officers cleared the hall, Shafik addressed the chaos that has unfolded on her campus in a video on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>She described the past two weeks as being \u201camong the most difficult in Columbia\u2019s history.\u201d But, when Hamilton Hall was broken into, Shafik stated that \u201cprotesters crossed a new line\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a violent act that put our students at risk, as well as putting the protesters at risk,\u201d Shafik said. \u201cI walked through the building and saw the damage, which was distressing.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Officers with the New York Police Department raid the encampment by pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (Marco Postigo Storel via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The night of the raid, officers arrested 100 anti-Israel protesters both inside the hall and around campus. The university\u2019s decision to call riot police into Hamilton Hall has garnered scrutiny as the school\u2019s chapter of the American Association of University Professors called it a \u201chorrific police attack\u201d on students. But according to Mayor Eric Adams, 40% of the protesters arrested at Columbia and City College that night \u201cwere not from the school, and they were outsiders.\u201d So far, 280 protesters have been arrested on Columbia\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Shafik notes that for eight days and nights, university leaders had engaged in talks with the protesters and had made a \u201cgood and sincere offer, but it was not accepted.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Shafik\u2019s video comes a day after a school faculty association called for a vote of no confidence for Shafik.  <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Columbia President Minouche Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on \u201cColumbia in Crisis: Columbia University\u2019s Response to Antisemitism\u201d on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. (AP Photo\/Jose Luis Magana)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrom the beginning of the current crisis, the Shafik administration has consistently failed to respect student and faculty rights to free speech, academic freedom, and shared governance,\u201d the Columbia University Chapter of the American Association of University Professors wrote in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>However, Shafik remains optimistic that through collaboration, they can \u201crebuild community\u201d at Columbia. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe issues that are challenging us\u00a0\u2014 the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, antisemitism, and anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bias \u2014 have existed for a long time,\u201d Shafik said. \u201cAnd Columbia, despite being a remarkable institution, cannot solve them singlehandedly. What we can do is be an exemplar of a better world, where people who disagree do so civilly, recognize each other\u2019s humanity, and show empathy and compassion for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Protests either calling for a ceasefire in Gaza or calling on universities to divest in Israel have spread across over 30 campuses nationwide.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University President Minouche Shafik acknowledged on Friday that the demonstrators who unlawfully took over Hamilton Hall had &#8220;crossed a new line.&#8221; Following the NYPD&#8217;s clearance of the hall, Shafik addressed the campus chaos in a video, describing the recent weeks as some of the most tumultuous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2542,"featured_media":2236944,"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\/05\/AP24122185766367.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2236943","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\/05\/AP24122185766367.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236943","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\/2542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2236943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2236943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2236944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2236943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2236943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2236943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}