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Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that have raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins.

Officials at Columbia University, facing surging tensions on campus that raised safety concerns, have announced all classes will be virtual on Monday as Passover begins.

Columbia President Minouche Shafik said in a statement the decision was made to “deescalate the rancor and give us all a chance to consider next steps.”

The move underscores how tense the situation has become at the Ivy League school and the enormous challenge facing Shafik to get the situation under control.

  • psvrh
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    8 months ago

    I’m a little uneasy over the idea that anyone would have to do anything to go out of the way for their own safety

    What’s interesting, or awful, is that was exactly what was being asked of Palestinian and Middle Eastern diaspora members: that they hadn’t disavowed Hamas (or ISIS, or going back to 2001, Al Qaeda) enough and were suspect until they did.

    It was so bad that we saw joke headlines like “Palestinian children killed in Israeli strike criticised for not condemning Hamas”.