Rudy Giuliani calls Columbia protesters ‘terribly misguided people,’ says president Minouche Shafik is ‘hateful'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rudy Giuliani calls Columbia protesters ‘terribly misguided people,’ says president Minouche Shafik is ‘hateful'

Hindustan Times  

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted pro-Palestinian protesters after visiting Columbia University amid the demonstrations. Rudy Giuliani calls Columbia protesters ‘terribly misguided people “I think these are terribly misguided people,” Giuliani said on his 77 WABC show. Reporters who approached Giuliani were shoved away by NYPD Community Affairs officers, prompting him to say they must be “a creature of Adams.” He later went on to talk about the visit during his Tuesday night broadcast, where he asked listeners, “Who hates Jews more, Harvard or Columbia?” ‘She’s earned herself a major league firing’ “ to beat Harvard at something, so I guess they figured they gotta beat them at Jewish hatred,” Giuliani said, referring to the Gaza Solidarity Encampment that shut down the Morningside Heights campus. A university spokesperson said on being asked about calls for Shafik to resign, according to The Hill, “President Shafik is focused on deescalating the rancor on Columbia’s campus.

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Columbia’s President resigns after months of turmoil punctuated by clashes over Israel-Hamas war
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia’s President resigns after months of turmoil punctuated by clashes over Israel-Hamas war

The Hindu  

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik resigned Wednesday after a brief, tumultuous tenure that saw the head of the prestigious New York university face heavy scrutiny for her handling of protests and campus divisions over the Israel-Hamas war. “Over the summer, I have been able to reflect and have decided that my moving on at this point would best enable Columbia …

‘Vindicated’: Columbia University’s Gaza protesters react as Shafik resigns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Vindicated’: Columbia University’s Gaza protesters react as Shafik resigns

Al Jazeera  

Faculty and student protesters hope for a new approach after the president of the US university steps down — but fear more of the same. It was an abrupt departure for one of the Ivy League’s most embattled leaders: On Wednesday evening, Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik announced she would resign, effective immediately. Columbia’s students first erected a “Gaza …

Minouche Shafik resigns as Columbia president after Gaza war protests
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Minouche Shafik resigns as Columbia president after Gaza war protests

Al Jazeera  

Shafik drew criticism over her handling of protests that rocked the university campus earlier this year. Minouche Shafik, the president of Columbia University, has announced her resignation after a tumultuous year marked by tensions with staff and students over her handling of campus protests against the Gaza war. Protests against the Gaza war began on Columbia’s New York City campus …

Columbia President Minouche Shafik steps down months after protests over Israel-Hamas war gripped campus
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia President Minouche Shafik steps down months after protests over Israel-Hamas war gripped campus

CNN  

CNN — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is stepping down months after protests over the Israel-Hamas war gripped the campus, Shafik announced in a letter sent Wednesday to the Columbia community. “The familiar excitement and promise of a new academic year are informed this year by the presence of change and continuing concerns, but also by the immense opportunity to …

Columbia’s president, no stranger to complex challenges, walks tightrope on student protests
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Columbia’s president, no stranger to complex challenges, walks tightrope on student protests

Associated Press  

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is no stranger to navigating complex international issues, having worked at some of the world’s most prominent global financial institutions. But Columbia’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors responded angrily to her congressional testimony, accusing her of capitulating to demands from lawmakers who they said made “slanderous assaults” on faculty and students. Republicans …

Mike Johnson calls for Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign: ‘Very weak, inept leader’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mike Johnson calls for Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign: ‘Very weak, inept leader’

Hindustan Times  

House Speaker Mike Johnson has called for the resignation of Columbia University’s president Minouche Shafik amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protest on the campus. Mike Johnson has called for Columbia University president Minouche Shafik to resign What did Mike Johnson say? Johnson told radio host Hugh Hewitt that Shafik had been “shown to be a very weak, inept leader” who “cannot …

AOC throws her support behind pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University and says cleaning out camp would be a 'failure of leadership'
8 months, 2 weeks ago

AOC throws her support behind pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University and says cleaning out camp would be a 'failure of leadership'

Daily Mail  

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is backing 'nonviolent' pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have disrupted Columbia University by setting up an encampment on the campus grounds in protest of U.S. support for Israel in the war in Gaza. The New York progressive denounced Columbia President Minouche Shafik for allegedly threatening to call in the National Guard to disperse the group of demonstrators who call …

Biden urged to send in the National Guard to deal with anti-Israel protesters at Columbia as top lawmakers stand with Jewish students and demand school's president resign
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden urged to send in the National Guard to deal with anti-Israel protesters at Columbia as top lawmakers stand with Jewish students and demand school's president resign

Daily Mail  

The visits come while anti-Israel protests have engulfed the Ivy League school A group of Jewish Democrats announced they will walk with Jewish Students Lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden send the National Guard to Columbia University as it deals with virulent, and at times violent, anti-Israel protests. 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 — Rep. Anthony D’Esposito April 22, 2024 Columbia University students …

Columbia University president is accused of running one of the worst 'hotbeds of anti-Semitism and hate' as she defends 'peaceful' Hamas protesters
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Columbia University president is accused of running one of the worst 'hotbeds of anti-Semitism and hate' as she defends 'peaceful' Hamas protesters

Daily Mail  

Columbia University President Nemat Shafik was accused of running one of the 'worst hotbeds of anti-Semitism and hate' during a grilling in Congress over her handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus The Ivy League chief defended the 'peaceful' demonstrations and the students' right to free speech in the surge of anti-Semitic rhetoric since the start of the Gaza war that …

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