{"id":2270281,"date":"2024-06-18T08:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chairwoman-columbia-university-doesnt-get-it\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T08:43:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T12:43:59","slug":"chairwoman-columbia-university-doesnt-get-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chairwoman-columbia-university-doesnt-get-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Chairwoman: Columbia University &#8216;fails to understand"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fchairwoman-columbia-university-doesnt-get-it%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=2270281&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>A summary of the \u200ctext provided reveals a situation where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-gov-abbott-pushes-back-against-bidens-climate-agenda\/\" title=\"Texas Gov. Abbott pushes back against Biden\u2019s climate agenda\">federal actions<\/a> against Columbia University\u200b have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicago-teachers-union-prez-tells-members-dont-reveal-you-got-vaccine-if-it-means-you-return-to-school\/\" title=\"Chicago Teachers Union Prez Tells Members: Don\u2019t Reveal You Got Vaccine If It Means You Return To School\">deemed inadequate<\/a> by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., in addressing issues of antisemitism among its administrators. Foxx, who chairs the House of Representatives\u2019 Education and the Workforce Committee, highlighted concerns following revelations \u2064that Columbia administrators exchanged disparaging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-staff-told-us-he-misspoke-joe-biden-confuses-his-agenda-in-60-minutes-interview-so-his-staff-steps-in-to-correct-the-record-video\/\" title=\"\"Biden's Staff Told Us He Misspoke\" - Joe Biden Confuses His Agenda in 60 Minutes Interview so His Staff Steps in to Correct the Record (VIDEO)\">text messages<\/a> \u2062about antisemitism during a reunion weekend. Columbia \u200bPresident Minouche Shafik has already testified before the committee about this issue. Rep. Foxx, now in her 10th term and seeking\u200b re-election,\u2063 demands that these text messages be reviewed by her committee.  <\/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>(The Center Square) \u2013 Federal committee action taken thus far against Columbia University has not achieved desired results if reports of text messages among administrators are proven true, says a North Carolina congresswoman.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia, says Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., \u201cdoesn\u2019t get it\u201d when it comes to antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Foxx chairs the House of Representatives\u2019 Education and the Workforce Committee. Columbia President Minouche Shafik already has testified before them in April, one of seven leaders for higher ed institutions brought in to discuss their respective Jewish communities.<\/p>\n<p>A release from the Education and Workforce Committee says the school\u2019s reunion weekend May 30 and June 1 included university administrators exchanging \u201cdisparaging text messages downplaying antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Foxx, in her 10th term and gunning for a 11th in November, wants the text messages in front of her committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was appalled, but sadly not surprised, to learn Columbia administrators exchanged disparaging text messages during a panel that discussed antisemitism at the university,\u201d Foxx said. \u201cDean Josef Sorrett\u2019s weak private \u2018apology\u2019 to the College\u2019s Board of Visitors shows that the school doesn\u2019t get it. Columbia\u2019s Jewish community deserves better than this. I have requested Columbia to produce these administrators\u2019 texts by June 26.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The committee has jurisdiction of education from elementary to higher ed for all Americans. Columbia became a boiling point for protests about the war between Hamas and Israel, starting with an encampment in April and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/new_york\/article_a5a28870-07a8-11ef-b1f4-b75bc3a0d8ad.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>culminating with law enforcement needed to restore order<\/strong><\/a>. It drew comparisons to a two-pronged 1968 protest on campus tied to the Vietnam War and segregation.<\/p>\n<p>Even before April, the school known for decades of protests and proudly including such history in class instruction was on the radar of the House committee. Foxx sent Columbia a request Feb. 12 for response to antisemitism and failure to protect Jewish students, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Two weeks later, Foxx was on campus for a roundtable with Jewish students about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hon-thaddeus-g-mccotter-the-cultural-contradictions-of-progressivism-modernizing-the-blood-libel\/\" title=\"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter: The Cultural Contradictions of Progressivism: Modernizing the \u201cBlood Libel\u201d\">campus antisemitism<\/a>. The release says a student told her, \u201cJew-hatred is so deeply embedded into campus culture, that is has become casual and palatable among students and faculty and neglected by administrators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Co-chairs of the university\u2019s Board of Trustees were with Shafik in front of the committee on April 17. Four days later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_01f1743e-005a-11ef-bcdc-9b5bcee28d7f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>she asked the leaders of the school to restore order<\/strong><\/a>, and on April 24 she and House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., went to campus and met with Jewish students and Columbia\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Carolina congresswoman criticizes Columbia University&#8217;s response to antisemitism, stating actions by a federal committee have been ineffective. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., claims the university &#8220;doesn\u2019t get it&#8221; regarding antisemitism, based on reports of administrators&#8217; text messages. 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