{"id":2238444,"date":"2024-05-06T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-caves-to-the-mob-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T19:06:42","slug":"columbia-caves-to-the-mob-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-caves-to-the-mob-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Columbia Gives In to Pressure, Scraps Main Graduation Event"},"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\">18<\/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-caves-to-the-mob-cancels-main-graduation-ceremony%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=2238444&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 cancels its <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\">main commencement ceremony<\/a> due to security concerns amidst \u200canti-Israel \u2063protests\u200c on campus. Jewish students express disappointment and\u200d frustration over the decision. Former \u2064President Donald Trump criticizes \u200bthe cancellation,\u2064 linking it \u200bto political motives. The university plans\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-pandemic-surges-in-india-us-offers-oxygen-and-related-supplies\/\" title=\"As Pandemic Surges in India, US Offers Oxygen and Related Supplies\">smaller-scale<\/a>\u2063 celebrations in place of \u200cthe canceled event to honor graduates individually.  <\/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<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 6, 2024 at 10:43am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Columbia University, whose New York City campus has been roiled by anti-Israel protests, <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.columbia.edu\/content\/announcements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> on Monday that it has canceled its main commencement ceremony next week.<\/p>\n<p>Security concerns drove the decision, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/columbia-university-cancels-commencement-rcna150778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHolding a large commencement ceremony on our campus presented security concerns that unfortunately proved insurmountable,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irrevocably-shaken-columbia-law-review-editors-demanding-cancellation-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">university<\/a> spokesman Ben Chang said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/nyregion\/columbia-commencement-cancel-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said Columbia tried to find someplace to hold a college-wide ceremony but could not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike our students, we are deeply disappointed with this outcome,\u201d Chang said.<\/p>\n<p>At least one Jewish student said Columbia is letting anti-Semitic protesters win.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the last three-plus weeks, I\u2019ve had to listen as students on campus and protesters off campus shout for Zionists to get out of Columbia,\u201d said Josie Toubin, co-president of an organization of Jewish students at Columbia\u2019s business school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am a Zionist, so they are yelling for me to leave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is this a bad move by Columbia?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cMoving graduation is another action that punishes Jewish students without justification,\u201d Toubin said, noting that with the main campus cleared of demonstrators and their tent city, it should be able to host the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t isolate us to a site 100 blocks north of campus as a response to the unrest on campus,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Columbia\u2019s commencement cancellation is an unbelievable failure of leadership after they weakly negotiated with the proHamas terrorist encampment. They have lost control of the school.<\/p>\n<p>Hardworking students and their families will now go without this celebratory event after\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik\/status\/1787485714235429113?\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times noted that many graduates were denied high school graduations because of COVID-19 lockdowns and that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nypd-swoops-makes-mass-arrests-columbia-rioters-escalate-alarming-untenable-situation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia President Nemat Shafik<\/a> had said bringing the entire graduating class together was a priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe also do not want to deprive thousands of students and their families and friends of a graduation celebration,\u201d Shafik said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/president.columbia.edu\/news\/statement-columbia-university-president-minouche-shafik-4-29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on April 29. \u201cPlease recall that many in this graduating class did not get a celebration when graduating from high school because of the pandemic, and many of them are the first in their families to earn a university degree.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe owe it to all of our graduates and their loved ones to honor their achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cancellation also caught the ire of former President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/another-top-poll-shows-trump-pulling-ahead-biden-time-whopping-10-points\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat shouldn\u2019t happen,\u201d he said as he entered court in New York on Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre you listening, Israel? I hope you\u2019re listening,\u201d the Republican presidential candidate said.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump: \u201cColumbia just canceled their commencement\u2026That shouldn\u2019t happen. It also just came out that many of the protesters are backed by Biden\u2019s donors.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xMRGmklKt\">pic.twitter.com\/0xMRGmklKt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MAGAIncWarRoom\/status\/1787473792509387208?\">May 6, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Columbia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.columbia.edu\/content\/announcements\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> on Monday, students are just fine with the change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Deans and other colleagues who work directly with our students have been discussing plans with student leaders, and, most importantly, listening,\u201d the Ivy League school said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on their feedback, we have decided to make the centerpiece of our Commencement activities our Class Days and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-university-nixes-main-commencement-event-after-protest-chaos\/\" title=\"Columbia University Cancels Main Commencement Amid Protest Disruption\">school-level ceremonies<\/a>, where students are honored individually alongside their peers, rather than the University-wide ceremony that is scheduled for May 15,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families,\u201d the university said. \u201cThey are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school\u2019s invited guest speakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Columbia said any ceremonies scheduled for its South Lawn, where protesters camped, will be moved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese past few weeks have been incredibly difficult for our community,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>The college said that as a substitute for a \u201clarge, formal ceremony,\u201d it was considering what it called a \u201cfestive event.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security Concerns Force Columbia University to Cancel Main Commencement Ceremony due to Anti-Israel Protests, as Reported by NBC News. 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