{"id":2322085,"date":"2024-08-09T16:32:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-columbia-deans-resign-after-their-deeply-upsetting-text-messages-leak\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T16:34:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T20:34:55","slug":"three-columbia-deans-resign-after-their-deeply-upsetting-text-messages-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-columbia-deans-resign-after-their-deeply-upsetting-text-messages-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Columbia Deans Resign After Their &#8216;Deeply Upsetting&#8217; Text Messages Leak"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthree-columbia-deans-resign-after-their-deeply-upsetting-text-messages-leak%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=2322085&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>Three administrators\u200c at Columbia \u2064University have resigned\u200b following an incident in\u200c which \u200bthey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-distance-themselves-from-trumps-poisoning-the-blood-immigrant-rhetoric\/\" title=\"GOP senators distance from Trump&#039;s toxic immigrant rhetoric\">made disparaging\u2062 remarks<\/a> about Jewish students during a May\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marc-lamont-hill-says-that-black-lives-matter-explicitly-looking-to-dismantle-israel-and-embrace-bds-movement\/\" title=\"Marc Lamont Hill Says That Black Lives Matter \u2018Explicitly\u2019 Looking To \u2018Dismantle\u2019 Israel and \u2018Embrace\u2019 BDS Movement\">panel discussion titled<\/a> &#8220;Jewish Life on \u2062Campus: Past, Present and \u2062Future.&#8221; The resignations come after Susan Chang-Kim, Cristen \u2062Kromm,\u2062 and Matthew Patashnick,\u200b who were placed on indefinite leave last month, \u2062faced criticism \u2063for their \u200bcomments, including disdain for Jewish \u2063students expressing their concerns. Columbia President Minouche Shafik condemned their texts as &#8220;unacceptable and deeply upsetting,&#8221; noting they reflected &#8220;ancient\u2062 anti-Semitic\u200b tropes.&#8221; The resignation of these administrators has raised concerns about campus safety, with a recent\u2062 incident of \u2062vandalism at the home of a\u2062 university official highlighting tensions at Columbia. Discussions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-store-adds-barriers-to-combat-recent-wave-of-smash-and-grab-thefts\/\" title=\"California Store Adds Barriers to Combat Recent Wave of Smash-and-Grab Thefts\">enhanced security measures<\/a> are ongoing, as current\u2062 campus security cannot physically confront individuals, leaving \u2062intervention to the\u200b NYPD \u200dwith faculty approval. The situation underscores a broader atmosphere of conflict and\u2063 challenges within the university regarding the\u200d treatment of Jewish \u200dstudents and\u2063 security on campus.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Three Columbia University administrators have resigned after being put on indefinite leave weeks ago for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-oberlin-college-lawyer-responsible-for-the-gibson-bakery-debacle-is-now-at-cornell\/\" title=\"The Oberlin College Lawyer Responsible For The Gibson Bakery Debacle Is Now At Cornell\">making disparaging comments<\/a> about Jewish students at the elite college.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Chang-Kim, the former vice dean and chief administrative officer; Cristen Kromm, former dean of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-administrators-mock-jewish-panelists-use-vomit-emojis\/\" title=\"Columbia Officials Mock Jewish Speakers with Vomit Emojis\">undergraduate student life<\/a>; and Matthew Patashnick, former associate dean for student and family support, had been put on indefinite leave for their comments to one another during a May panel discussion entitled &ldquo;Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/08\/nyregion\/columbia-university-deans-resign-text-messages-antisemitism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The three could be disciplined because they were not tenured faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College,&nbsp;is a tenured professor, making action against him difficult.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I had already understood that they didn&rsquo;t take our concerns seriously, but the overt disdain was really upsetting,&rdquo; said Elisha Baker, a junior and leader of Aryeh, a pro-Israel group on campus. &ldquo;It totally delegitimized the strategy of listening sessions. Not only did they not hear us, they saw our speaking as some sort of privilege.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sharpton-admits-truth-msnbc-can-left-say-jan-6-wrong-not-anti-semitic-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">texts<\/a> were first revealed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/amazing-what-can-do-new-text-messages-show-columbia-deans-sneering-at-privilege-of-jewish-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to throw up,&rdquo; Chang-Kim wrote about an hour into the listening session.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Amazing what $$$$ can do,&rdquo; Kromm chimed in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They will have their own dorm soon,&rdquo; Patashnick said after students said they felt less safe in their dorms than in a pro-Jewish center on campus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Comes from such a place of privilege,&rdquo; Chang-Kim wrote in reply.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-header css-ie7xtk e1ja801i6\">\n<div class=\"css-j6808u etunnkc10\">\n<div class=\"crawler css-1skj0ht-Box e1vnmyci0\">\n<p class=\"css-jiugt2-Dek-Dek e1jnru6p0\">Columbia President Minouche Shafik, called the texts &ldquo;unacceptable and deeply upsetting&rdquo; and said they used &ldquo;ancient anti-Semitic tropes,&rdquo; when she benched the deans in July, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-deans-resign-antisemitic-texts-a933c758?st=a1hexml369uxbo7&amp;reflink=desktopweb_permalink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Even as word emerged of the resignations, a new incident struck the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocking-number-anti-israel-protesters-columbia-werent-students-law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City college<\/a>, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>The Brooklyn Heights apartment building of Cas Holloway, Columbia&rsquo;s chief operating officer, was vandalized early Thursday. Red paint was splashed on floor. Bugs were released into the lobby. Symbols of Palestinian resistance were drawn by a smashed glass door.<\/p>\n<p>A report in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-looks-to-give-campus-police-arresting-power-after-protests-11d2b3bc?mod=article_inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> said that Columbia is tiptoeing towards new security measures.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irrevocably-shaken-columbia-law-review-editors-demanding-cancellation-exams\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campus security<\/a> can neither touch nor detain a student, with the only option for serious circumstances being the police, who can only be called if faculty leaders approve.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Columbia has public safety, but basically they can&rsquo;t physically confront anybody,&rdquo; said James Applegate, an astronomy professor and member of the executive committee of the University Senate, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So Columbia&rsquo;s options are, for all intents and purposes, ask politely or go nuclear,&rdquo; he said, referring to calling in the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal report said, administrators are fretting that faculty might go on strike if tougher security measures are imposed.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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The individuals involved are Susan Chang-Kim, the former vice dean and chief administrative officer; Cristen Kromm, the former dean of undergraduate student life; and Matthew Patashnick, the former associate dean for student and family support. Their comments were made during a May event titled &#8220;Jewish Life on Campus: Past, Present and Future,&#8221; as reported by The New York Times. Since they were not tenured faculty members, disciplinary action was possible against them.<\/p>\n<p>Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College, is tenured which complicates any potential actions against him. Elisha Baker, a junior and leader of Aryeh\u2014a pro-Israel group on campus\u2014expressed disappointment over how their concerns were dismissed: \u201cI had already understood that they didn\u2019t take our concerns seriously, but the overt disdain was really upsetting,\u201d he said. \u201cIt totally delegitimized the strategy of listening sessions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The comments made by Chang-Kim included expressing disgust during a listening session while Kromm remarked on financial influence in relation to Jewish students&#8217; experiences. Patashnick commented that these students would soon have their own dorms after others expressed feeling unsafe in theirs compared to a pro-Jewish center on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia President Minouche Shafik condemned these remarks as &#8220;unacceptable and deeply upsetting,&#8221; stating they reflected &#8220;ancient anti-Semitic tropes&#8221; when she suspended the deans in July.<\/p>\n<p>As news of their resignations broke, another incident occurred at Columbia involving vandalism at an apartment building owned by Cas Holloway, Columbia\u2019s chief operating officer. The building was defaced with red paint and symbols related to Palestinian resistance were drawn near broken glass doors.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports from The Wall Street Journal, there are growing concerns about campus security measures since current protocols prevent security personnel from physically confronting or detaining students without police approval\u2014an option only available if faculty leaders consent. James Applegate, an astronomy professor involved with university governance noted that this leaves Columbia with limited options for addressing issues effectively without escalating situations dramatically or calling law enforcement directly.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns have also been raised among administrators regarding potential faculty strikes if stricter security measures are implemented<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2322086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Columbia-University.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37337,37714,37715],"class_list":["post-2322085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-columbia-university","tag-deans-resign","tag-text-message-leak"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Columbia-University.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322085","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2322085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2322085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2322086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2322085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2322085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2322085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}