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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Gabriella Gregor Splaver |Spencer Davis |Daksha Pillai
The union announced an “emergency rally” at its upcoming bargaining session on Friday. The union announced an “emergency rally” at its upcoming bargaining session on Friday. Earlier on Thursday, Columbia announced that the University Judicial Board had decided the disciplinary cases of students who participated in the April 2024 occupation of Hamilton Hall.
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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Stella Ragas |Spencer Davis |Daksha Pillai
University Life will oversee the return of the suspended students, according to the Thursday email. University Life will oversee the return of the suspended students, according to the Thursday email. The email did not include information about the total number of students disciplined.
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1 month ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Stella Ragas |Spencer Davis |Daksha Pillai
University Life will oversee the return of the suspended students, according to the Thursday email. University Life will oversee the return of the suspended students, according to the Thursday email. The email did not include information about the total number of students disciplined.
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2 months ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Daksha Pillai |Spencer Davis
A group of Union Theological Seminary students started a “live-in” in the UTS main lobby on Sunday evening in protest of the suspension and eviction of a student. The demonstration continued into Monday. According to a handout distributed by an organizer, the school issued the suspension “over a Slack post” that the student made. The student, identified as “IAM,” was disciplined “without any community input or restorative justice,” according to the handout.
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2 months ago | 
columbiaspectator.com | Emily Pickering |Daksha Pillai
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Sundial on Wednesday as part of a global initiative to show support for the Bibas family, an Israeli family Hamas took hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. The demonstration draws from an international initiative , started by a support group for the Bibas family, encouraging the public to dress in orange in solidarity with the family on Wednesday. Hamas still holds Shiri, Yarden, their two-year-old son Kfir, and their five-year-old daughter Ariel Bibas hostage.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Zohar Ford |Daksha Pillai |Joseph Zuloaga
The protest began right after the tree lights along College Walk were lit. The protest began right after the tree lights along College Walk were lit.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Wyatt King |Daksha Pillai
Dozens of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested an event featuring CNN analyst Barak Ravid, an Israeli journalist, held at the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life on Thursday. The protest coincided with the International University Day of Action organized by the national chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Elena Seibert |Daksha Pillai
In a statement to Spectator, Lahiri emphasized the importance of freedom of expression at Columbia and Barnard. In a statement to Spectator, Lahiri emphasized the importance of freedom of expression at Columbia and Barnard. Jhumpa Lahiri, BC ’89, Millicent C. McIntosh professor of English and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, withdrew her acceptance of an award from the Noguchi Museum, the museum announced in a news release published by the New York Times on Sept. 25.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Eden Stranahan |Daksha Pillai
“I think a lot of the things we take for granted here were actually started by student councils, and being able to continue that work is great. I get to contribute to not only my own student experience here but also the experiences of my friends, my peers, my people that I’ve known since I was 18,” Jallow said. “So many different students are voicing so many different and super valid concerns and there are times where they contradict with each other,” Jallow said.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
columbiaspectator.com | Daksha Pillai
Columbia University Jews for Ceasefire, the Columbia-Barnard chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, and Mesarvot, an Israeli support network for conscientious objectors, co-hosted an “Israeli Refuseniks & Challenging the Draft” teach-in on Thursday at the Intercultural Resource Center. In the context of the event, “refuseniks” refers to “conscientious objectors,” or anyone who refuses to serve in the Israeli military.
