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Columbia UniversityColumbia University canceled graduation ceremonies thanks to the anti-Israel encampments that keep popping up like post-spring break UTIs. Now, protesters won't get to throw their keffiyeh's in the air and make the whole campus look like a Pizza Hut tablecloth. This after students demanded the school cancel finals and hand out passing grades so they wouldn't be traumatized by the damage they themselves inflicted. Some revolutionaries. That's lik…See the Story
GREG GUTFELD: The adults finally showed up at college campuses
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Columbia University · PalestineThe wave of anti-war demonstrations on US campuses in support of Palestine continues, with Columbia University, at the heart of the wave, announcing the cancellation of the graduation ceremony next Wednesday, due to security concerns that cannot be overcome, and the lack of alternative venues to accommodate more than 50,000 students.Coda transitioned to smaller-scale graduation celebrations on its 19 campuses.College campuses across the U.S. are…See the Story
Protests against Palestinian protests delayed.
Columbia University · GazaNEW YORK (PIX11) -- The academic year may be coming to a close, but protests at local colleges continue. It's leaving the schools trying to plan how to carry out the next steps, as they move closer to commencement and other end-of-the-year activities.
Columbia cancels university-wide graduation ceremony amid protests Columbia University, where the campus protests began last month, announced on Monday that it's canceling its main commen…See the Story
NYC colleges readjust commencement plans amid protests
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Martin Luther King Jr. · United StatesChicago historian Jonathan Eig won a 2024 Pulitzer Prize for biography for “King: A Life,” his 2023 biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a bestseller widely recognized for its monumental scope and fresh findings. Even some previous King biographers have called Eig’s work the new definitive narrative about the civil rights leader. In awarding the prize, the Pulitzer committee cited Eig’s book as not only “revelatory” but a biography that “d…See the Story
Chicago author Jonathan Eig wins Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Civil War · GazaIn a bestseller dominated by the memory of the civil rights struggle, the aftermath of the war, the crimes of slavery and their aftermath, Night watch takes place in the state of Virginia during the Civil War (1861 and 1865), and it stars a teenager and her mother, isolated in a divided America, confronted with the human cost of conflict, both in the front of battle, where the father fights the Union forces, and in the retreat, where they also k…See the Story
War, civil rights and slavery in Pulitzer Prize-winning works.
Donald Trump · New YorkThirteen federal judges announced Monday they would cease hiring law clerks from Columbia University after school administrators permitted a pro-Palestinian encampment on its lawn and allowed the “virulent spread of antisemitism” on campus. “Considering recent events, and absent extraordinary change, we will not hire anyone who joins the Columbia University community — whether as undergraduates or law students — beginning with the entering class…See the Story
Pro-Palestinian protests drive federal judge boycotts against universities - Washington Examiner
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Columbia University · Guilford CountyColumbia University has announced that it is canceling its main commencement ceremony scheduled for next week because of ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. The announcement Monday is the latest development in aSee the Story
Timeline of the nationwide protest movement that began at Columbia University
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