Columbia's campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much

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Columbia's campus is rocked by protests. The surrounding neighborhood? Not so much

Columbia University has been making headlines since April 17, when students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment that they called a “Liberated Zone.” There have been arrests, a constant police presence, politicians swooping in and holding press conferences and calls for the resignation of the school’s president, Minouche Shafik. At schools across the nation, at least 13 camps have sprouted up in solidarity with Columbia’s protesters. And so it wo…