Columbia University begins suspending students after warning to clear out of protest camp

[LauraInLA]

Source: NBC News

Students defied Columbia University's orders to vacate their pro-Palestinian protest by 2 p.m. Monday, despite warnings of suspension and after the school's president said it would not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country.

"We have begun suspending students," Ben Chang, vice president for communications and a spokesperson for Columbia University, said around 5 p.m., about three hours after the deadline passed.

The university had told student demonstrators to vacate by 2 p.m. or else “be suspended pending further investigation” and barred from completing the spring semester.

At the encampment, now in its second week, participants voted nearly unanimously to stay put.



Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-president-says-negotiations-protesters-stalled-sch-rcna149755

[cloudbase]

1. They're learning that not every lesson takes place

in a classroom or lab.

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. Good! This is a hard lesson to learn... but at least it's free... so to speak.

[ripcord]

3. The nerve, holding people responsible for their own actions

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

4. Nearly $90K a year to attend Columbia

Most of us don't make that much in a year.

Yes, I know many of the students receive financial aid it's just that many people will look at them as elitists as opposed to fighting for social justice.

[Raftergirl]

5. I'm sure their parents will be thrilled about pouring all that money down the drain. And if they have student loans

they will still have to pay them back.

Also, employers will ask about why the were suspended from Columbia.

[MistakenLamb]

6. i hope President Biden doesn't forgive their loans