FILE - Student protesters camp on the campus of Columbia University, April 30, 2024, in New York. Columbia has agreed to take additional steps to make its students feel secure on campus under a settlement reached Tuesday, June 4, with a Jewish student who had sought a court order requiring the Ivy League school provide safe access to the campus amid protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
The settlement also makes academic accommodations for students who couldn't access campus to complete assignments or exams, among other provisions. The settlement noted the various steps Columbia has already taken to ensure student safety on campus, including some controversial ones, such as authorizing the New York Police Department toat colleges and universities around the country, with students demanding their schools separate themselves from companies advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza and in some cases from Israel itself.
Jay Edelson, an attorney for the Jewish student plaintiff, said the negotiated settlement represents “a return to basic, shared principles of safety on campus for all Columbia students" after “extreme protesters” chose to “push their Jewish peers off campus with threats and intimidation.”
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