Columbia Cancels University-wide Commencement Amid Anti-Israel Protests
While commencement ceremonies for individual schools will proceed as planned, the university has opted to cancel the larger gatherings
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While commencement ceremonies for individual schools will proceed as planned, the university has opted to cancel the larger gatherings
Protests at Columbia University and at other college campuses across the country have yielded more than 2,000 arrests.
Protests at Columbia University and at other college campuses across the country have yielded more than 2,000 arrests.
Columbia University is canceling its universitywide commencement ceremony on May 15 after weeks of disruptive and violent anti-Israel protests that brought campus life to a halt, officials at the Ivy League school said Monday.
"Sixty five percent of the whites who marched with Dr. King were Jewish … They deserve somebody to stand with them. I'm happy to do it,” Paterson said.