MANHATTAN—Columbia University president Minouche Shafik again set a deadline for unsanctioned student protesters to vacate their “Gaza Solidarity” encampment. Hours after that deadline passed, the encampment still stands. Shafik sent students a Monday morning letter asking them to “voluntarily disperse” from the encampment by 2 p.m. or face suspension. The students refused, voting unanimously to
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‘They have not shouted out slogans … in support of Hamas or the wanton destruction of civilian lives,’ says Bruce Robbins Free Beacon Fact Check Columbia University humanities professor Bruce Robbins said student protesters at the school have not called for the “destruction of civilian lives”—just two days after a video surfaced showing a student
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‘We urge those in the encampment to voluntarily disperse,’ Shafik says in statement Columbia President Minouche Shafik testifies before the House Education Committee(Alex Wong/Getty Images) MANHATTAN—For days, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik declined to clear out the unsanctioned “Gaza Solidarity” encampment in favor of negotiations with student protest leaders. Now, she says those negotiations brought