Columbia cancels graduation ceremony amid pro-Palestine campus protests

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Ivy League school in New York, where at least 100 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested last week, cites security concerns as it cancels May 15 ceremony, with smaller events planned instead.

New York Police officers patrol inside Columbia University in New York City on May 6, 2024. / Photo: AFP

"We will focus our resources on those school ceremonies and on keeping them safe, respectful, and running smoothly," Columbia said in a statement. The judges, all appointees of former US president Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an"incubator of bigotry" in a Monday letter to Columbia president Minouche Shafik and Law Dean Gillian Lester.

Trump — President Joe Biden's competitor in November's presidential election — has accused him of being soft by failing to condemn the pro-Palestinian supporters. Columbia's president, Minouche Shafik, faced criticism for calling in police to clear protesters who had barricaded themselves inside a university building.

 

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