Columbia University Officials Cancel Commencement Ceremony in Wake of Anti-Israel Protests

According to NBC News, the university is set to “replace its university wide commencement ceremony on May 15 with ‘smaller-scale, school-based celebrations.'”School officials said they discussed the decision with student leaders, and one official told the outlet worries over security were one of the main reasons behind the change of plans:

Come May 15, graduation ceremonies for the journalism school, college of physicians and surgeons, Barnard College, and the school of arts will take place at different times at different locations, according to a schedule released by Columbia. Other school-based ceremonies will take place throughout next week, as well.

Pro-Palestinian protests sprouted on campus April 17 when students pitched about 50 tents while demanding a cease-fire in Gaza and insisting the university divest from companies that they say could be profiting from the war.a raid on the school once the university restricted access after anti-Israel protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, according to Breitbart News.

“Prior to the takeover of Hamilton Hall, anti-Israel protesters were given a 2:00 p.m. deadline on Monday of which to leave the encampment,” the outlet said.Columbia University President Minouche Shafik later spoke out about the raid, saying the hall’s occupation “was a violent act that put our students at risk, as well as putting the protesters at risk.

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