After Columbia canceled in-person classes amidst a tense campus atmosphere, many other elite higher education providers in the US followed suit, going as far as to ask police to arrest their own students.
Several hundred students and pro-Palestinian supporters rally in front of Woolsey Hall on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn. April 22, 2024. / Photo: Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP
“It’s a really outrageous crackdown by the university to allow the police to arrest students on our own campus," said New York University law student Byul Yoon. Columbia announced Monday that courses at the Morningside campus will offer virtual options for students when possible, citing safety as their top priority.
During the war, Israel killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza according to the Palestinian health ministry in the besieged enclave. The Palestine Solidarity Committee said in a statement that they were suspended over technicalities and that the university hadn't provided written clarification on the university's policies when asked.
In a statement to the campus community on Sunday, Yale President Peter Salovey said university officials had spoken to the student protesters multiple times about the school’s policies and guidelines, including those regarding speech and allowing access to campus spaces.
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