{"id":2238285,"date":"2024-05-06T12:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T12:05:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T16:05:58","slug":"columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia University Cancels Main Commencement Amid Protest Disruption"},"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\">16<\/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-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos%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=2238285&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 decided to cancel its\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-high-school-students-in-oregon-offered-black-student-graduation-ceremony-this-spring\/\" title=\"Black High School Students In Oregon Offered \u2018Black Student Graduation Ceremony\u2019 This Spring\">main graduation ceremony<\/a> due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uaw-strike-decision-day-comes-as-bargaining-heats-up\/\" title=\"UAW strike decision day nears amidst escalating negotiations.\">disruptions\u200b caused<\/a> by pro-Palestinian protests on campus.\u200c Instead, smaller school-level ceremonies will be \u2063held to celebrate individual graduates. The university relocated events initially planned for the \u200cSouth Lawn\u2064 to a different site after protesters had occupied the area. Police were \u2062requested\u200d to maintain \u2062order following recent protests.  <\/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<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a> announced it would not go forward with plans to hold the Ivy League institution\u2019s main graduation ceremony later this month after pro-Palestinian protests caused a major disruption on the New York City campus.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of holding the university-wide event on May 15, the college said feedback from deans and colleagues who have been working with student leaders led to the decision of making school-level ceremonies the \u201ccenterpiece\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus\/\" title=\"USC Cancels Graduation Event Amid Campus Disruption\">commencement activities<\/a> with graduates honored individually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families. They are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school\u2019s invited guest speakers,\u201d Columbia said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.columbia.edu\/content\/announcements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia also noted that class days and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-school-advocate-attacks-charter-private-schools-compares-them-to-terrorist-training-centers\/\" title=\"Public School Advocate Attacks Charter, Private Schools, Compares Them To Terrorist Training Centers\">school ceremonies<\/a> that had been slated to take place for the South Lawn of the Morningside campus \u2014 the location where protesters had set up camp \u00a0\u2014 were relocated to other locations, mostly at the Baker Athletics Complex.<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes days after the New York Police Department <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/columbia-university-protests-protesters-occupy-hamilton-hall-hours-after-encampment-deadline\/14744812\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sent officers<\/a> to clear Hamilton Hall, which protesters had seized, and the lawn encampment.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fabien_Levy\/status\/1785489241167790176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asked<\/a> police to remain present through at least May 17 \u00a0to \u201cmaintain order and ensure encampments are not re-established.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Columbia became an epicenter for protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war that sprung up at universities across the country. The University of Southern California already opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nix<\/a> its main commencement ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>As prior efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uproot tents and detain<\/a> protesters failed to quell the demonstrations, Colombia shifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remote learning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hybrid classes<\/a> at the main campus. Shafik said last week that talks broke down and Columbia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not divest<\/a> from Israel as the protesters had demanded.<\/p>\n<p>House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1787485714235429113\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> the cancellation of Columbia\u2019s main commencement event \u201can unbelievable failure of leadership after they weakly negotiated with the proHamas (sic) terrorist encampment. They have lost control of the school.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added on X, \u201cHardworking students and their families will now go without this celebratory event after years of hard work. This is a disgrace and the entire governance of Columbia has failed \u2013 the President and the entire Board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia University scraps main graduation ceremony this month due to disruptive pro-Palestinian protests. 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