March 2025

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2025-03-10
Mahmoud Khalil: ICE Detains Green Card Holder over Columbia University Gaza Activism by Democracy Now!, March 10, 2025 Joseph Howley
2025-03-19
Can the DOJ stamp out anti-Semitism on American campuses? Task force leader Leo Terrell joined Hugh, March 19, 2025
2025-03-20
Inside Trump's crackdown on Columbia University | Bruce Robbins, Interview with Mohamed Hashem, Middle East Eye, March 20, 2025 Bruce Robbins
2025-03-24
Law Prof. Katherine Franke Accuses Columbia of Empowering Trump by Agreeing to $400M “Ransom Note”, Democracy Now, March 24, 2025 Katherine Franke
2025-03-28
Trump's war on Columbia University explained, The New York Post, March 28. 2025
2025-03-01
Issue #031: The Eden Plan to “Destroy Columbia University”, Part I by Stand Columbia Society, March 1, 2025
2025-03-02
In Focus: Six and a half hours in the Milbank Hall sit-in by Stella Ragas and Daksha Pillai, Columbia Spectator, March 2, 2025
Statement on Columbia’s Efforts to Combat Antisemitism Through Expanding Learning and Engagement on Israel, the Holocaust, and Deepening Understanding of Antisemitism by Columbia University, March 2, 2025
2025-03-03
Biden's antisemitism envoy rejects Columbia post over campus antisemitism: ‘I won’t be a fig leaf', The Jerusalem Post, March 3, 2025
Barnard’s Leaders Have Let Anti-Semitic Mobs Take Control by Steven McGuire, The Midnight Campus, March 3, 2025
When Student Protest Goes Too Far by Laura Rosenbury, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 3, 2025 [PDF]
Columbia takes disciplinary action months after anti-Israel agitators seized campus building by Greg Wehner, Alexis McAdams, Fox News, March 3, 2025
Trump admin threatens to pull $51M in contracts with Columbia for NYC college’s inaction on protests that harass Jewish students by Carl Campanile and David Propper, The New York Post, March 3, 2025
In Focus: Protesters picket outside of Barnard gates by Stella Ragas, Lukas Roybal, Pippa Tsuki Carlson, Audrea Chen, and Apurva Chakravarthy, Columbia Spectator, March 3, 2025
Statement on Notice From Federal Agencies by Columbia University, March 3, 2025
Enough! End gov’t funds for Jew-hating colleges like Barnard, Columbia, the New School by Editorial Board, The New York Post, March 3, 2025
Trump Admin To Review $5 Billion in Columbia Grant Funding, Citing Ivy League School's 'Apparent Failure' To Address Anti-Semitism by Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon, March 3, 2025
HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Additional Measures to End Anti-Semitic Harassment on College Campuses by HHS, March 3, 2025
[BREAKING] Issue #032: Federal Government Weighs Cutting Billions of Columbia’s Funding by Stand Columbia Society, March 3, 2025
Barnard student expelled for occupation of Hamilton Hall, CUAD says by Isha Banerjee and Apurva Chakravarthy, Columbia Spectator, March 3, 2025
2025-03-04
Trump vows to yank federal funding from all US schools that allow ‘illegal protests’ — and imprison agitators by Emily Crane, The New York Post, March 4, 2025
Columbia federal contracts and grants worth billions at risk over campus antisemitism by Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post, March 4, 2025
THE BATTLE OF HIND’S HALL FROM OUR SIDE OF THE BARRICADES by Unity of Fields, March 4, 2025
Columbia’s Choice: Hamasnik Anarchy or Taxpayer Cash by Seth Mandel, Commentary, March 4, 2025
Columbia University Instructor Cancels Class for Anti-Israel Protest, Day After Radicals Storm Campus Building by Alana Goodman and Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon, March 4, 2025
Trump Threatens Columbia With Millions in Cuts Over Antisemitism Claims by Sharon Otterman, The New York Times, March 4, 2025
Trump to Columbia: Fix Campus Antisemitism or Lose $5 Billion in Federal Funds by Maya Sulkin, The Free Press, March 4, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest appearance of former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett by Emily Pickering, Molly Bordoff, and Daksha Pillai, Columbia Spectator, March 5, 2025
Columbia University’s Secret Disciplinary Process for Students Critical of Israel by Murtaza Hussain, Drop Site News, March 5, 2025
2025-03-05
Pro-Palestinian protesters stage sit-in in Milstein lobby by Sarah Huddleston, Columbia Spectator, March 5, 2025
In leaked messages, members of ‘Columbia Alumni for Israel’ group chat work to identify, punish pro-Palestinian protesters by Sarah Huddleston, Columbia Spectator, March 5, 2025 tagDJHC
CUAD launches sit-in at Barnard’s Milstein Library, declares building the "Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone" by Riya Mahanta, Jaya Shankar, and Kimberly Wing, Barnard Bulletin, March 5, 2025 CUAD
Barnard College bomb threat prompts evacuation as anti-Israel protesters occupy campus building by Desheania Andrews and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 5, 2025
Barnard College President Blasts Anti-Zionist Columbia Group as Trump Sets Campus Antisemitism in Crosshairs by Dion J. Pierre, The Algemeiner, March 5, 2025
Former Israeli PM's speeches at Columbia, Harvard universities trigger backlash by Firdevs Bulut, Middle East Eye, March 5, 2025
Anti-Israel protesters ‘at odds’ with Barnard’s mission, its president says by Vita Fellig, JNS, March 5, 2025
Columbia’s unapologetic terrorist professor by Mitchell Bard, JNS, March 5, 2025 Rashid Khalidi
CUAD launches sit-in at Barnard’s Milstein Library, declares building the "Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone" by Riya Mahanta, Jaya Shankar, and Kimberly Wing, The Barnard Bulletin, March 5, 2025 CUAD
2025-03-06
Facing Trump’s threats, Columbia investigates students critical of Israel by Jake Offenhartz, AP News, March 6, 2025
Local News Arrests made after Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate in Barnard College library by Jesse Zanger, Ali Bauman, CBS New NY, March 6, 2025
Cops Arrest 9 During Pro-Palestinian Protest At NYC College: NYPD by Miranda Levingston, Patch, March 6, 2025
Nine students arrested at Barnard during pro-Palestine sit in by Tamara Turki, Mondoweiss, March 6, 2025
NYPD Arrests Nine Anti-Israel Protesters for Taking over Barnard College Library by David Zimmermann, National Review, March 6, 2025
Anti-Israel students arrested at Barnard were from nearby schools, including Columbia: source by Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 6, 2025
Meet the Columbia Radicals Arrested for Storming a Barnard Building by Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon, March 6, 2025
Scoop: State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas" by Marc Caputo, Axios, March 6, 2025
‘Columbia should be more worried than I am,’ many thinking of transferring, Jewish student says by Vita Fellig, JNS, March 6, 2025
State Department revokes first visa of foreign student linked to 'Hamas-supporting disruptions' by Louis Casiano, Bill Melugin, Fox News, March 6, 2025
Anti-Israel mob that stormed Barnard handed out ‘Hamas Media Office’ flyers glorifying Oct. 7: ‘Still think they don’t support terror?’ by Anthony Blair, The New York Post, March 6, 2025
Videos/Pic: Bomb threat sparks evacuation at NYC college after major left-wing protest by Timothy Frudd, American Military News, March 6, 2025
“I’m The President Of Barnard”: Barnard President Laura Rosenbury Authors Op-Ed Addressing Student Protests, Bwog, March 6, 2025
‘LINE IN THE SAND’: Barnard College president publishes op-ed condemning unruly anti-Israel protesters who disrupted campus by Elad Vaida, Campus Reform, March 6, 2025
Pro-Palestine Student Demonstrators Hold Sit-In In Barnard’s Milstein Center, Nine Individuals Arrested by Hawa Kamara, Bwog, March 6, 2025
Demonstrators hold ‘emergency protest’ at Low Steps to ‘stand against NYPD brutality and in solidarity with Palestine’ by Tsehai Alfred, Spencer Davis, and Eden Stranahan, Columbia Spectator, March 6, 2025
Anti-Israel protesters arrested at Barnard were mostly privileged youths, including woman whose family started Hamptons Jitney by Jack Morphet, Amanda Woods and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 6, 2025
2025-03-07
Cut Federal Funding to Barnard by Alan Dershowitz, Alan Dershowitz Newsletter, March 7, 2025
Exclusive: Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants to Columbia by Maya Sulkin and Gabe Kaminsky, The Free Press, March 7, 2025
DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancelation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million, US Department of Health and Human Services, March 7, 2025
Columbia Expelled Student Protesters For the First Time in Over 50 Years. But Activists Won’t Back Down. by Lara-Nour Walton, The Nation, March 7, 2025
Trump administration yanks $400M in grants, contracts from Columbia University over antisemitism on campus by Josh Christenson, The New York Post, March 7, 2025
Trump Administration Cancels $400 Million in Grants and Contracts to Columbia by Liz Essley Whyte, Matt Barnum and Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, March 7, 2025
Citing Jew-hatred, Trump admin axes $400 million in federal funding to Columbia by Vita Fellig, Menachem Wecker, JNS, March 7, 2025
Responding to Federal Action by Katrina Armstrong, March 7, 2025
Columbia suspends four students who were arrested following Milstein sit-in by Spencer Davis and Tulasi Cherukuri, Columbia Spectator, March 7, 2025
In Focus: Police arrest protesters following Milstein sit-in by Stella Ragas, Lukas Roybal, Pippa Tsuki Carlson, Audrea Chen, Gaby Díaz-Vendrell, Zohar Ford, Asha Ahn, Arielle Rieder, Tsehai Alfred, Daksha Pillai, and Jillian Prunty, Columbia Spectator, March 7, 2025
Fetterman: 'Columbia Pays for Failure' After $400M Pulled by James Morely III, Newsmax, March 7, 2025
2025-03-08
President Trump, keep up the crackdown on campus antisemites by Michael Goodwin, The New York Post, March 8, 2025
Columbia condemns harassment of SIPA Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo by Tulasi Cherukuri, Columbia Spectator, March 8, 2025
The View From My Office by Peter Woit, Blog, March 8, 2025 [saved]
2025-03-09
DHS Detains Lead Negotiator of Columbia Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Claiming "Activities Aligned to Hamas" by Meghnad Bose, DropSite, March 9, 2025
Immigration agents arrest Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests by Jake Offenhartz, AP News, March 9, 2025
ICE arrests Palestinian leader of Columbia’s anti-Israel protests, revoking student visa and green card: lawyer by Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 9, 2025
Columbia Student Activist in ICE Custody After Trump Admin Revokes Visa by Collin Anderson and Jessica Costescu, The Washington Free Beacon, March 9, 2025
Columbia Bent Over Backward to Appease Right-Wing, Pro-Israel Attacks — And Trump Still Cut Federal Funding by Natasha Lennard, The Intercept, March 9, 2025
What Trump Meant by ‘Illegal Protests’ by Philip Hamburger, The Wall Street Journal, March 9, 2025
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, lawyer says by Tsehai Alfred, Surina Venkat, Daksha Pillai, Miranda Lu, and Aiyana St. Hilaire, Columbia Spectator, March 9, 2025 tagDJHC
Columbia Alum And Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil Detained By ICE by Eira Prakash, Bwog, March 9, 2025
2025-03-10
Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University anti-Israel agitator detained by ICE for deportation, claims feds acted ‘unlawfully’ as he makes bid for release by Ben Kochman, Jennie Taer and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 10, 2025
Leader of student protests at Columbia facing deportation after arrest by immigration officials by Jake Offenhartz, Cdar Attanasio, Philip, Marcelo, AP News, March 10, 2025
The legal case to deport Mahmoud Khalil of "Columbia University Apartheid Divest" is airtight by Elder of Ziyon, March 10, 2025
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities by Charles Lipson, The Spectator World, March 10, 2025
Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil was probed as national security threat, source says — as Trump calls ICE bust ‘first arrest of many’ by Diana Glebova and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 10, 2025
Anti-Israel activists call for mass 'takeover' of US campuses to counter crackdown by Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post, March 10, 2025
Department of Homeland Security confirms arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24 by Surina Venkat, Columbia Spectator, March 10, 2025
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment by US Department of Education, March 10, 2025
Columbia Professors Cancel Classes in Solidarity With Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 10, 2025
Can Trump Deport a Green-Card-Holding, Pro-Hamas Columbia Grad? by Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, March 10, 2025
ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions by Ben Sales, JTA, March 10, 2025 tagDJHC
The Arrest of Columbia’s Mahmoud Khalil by William McGurn, The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2025
Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him by Arno Rosenfeld, Forward, March 10, 2025 tagDJHC
2025-03-11
Columbia University ‘refusing to help DHS’ identify ‘pro-Hamas’ protesters for deportation, White House says by Steven Nelson, The New York Post, March 11, 2025
Among American Jews, a Schism Over ICE Arrest of Columbia Activist by Marc Tracy and Eliza Shapiro, The New York Times, March 11, 2025
Exclusive: Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks Out on ICE Detention: 'Need Your Help' by Billal Rahman, Newsweek, March 11, 2025
The ICE Detention of a Columbia Student Is Just the Beginning by Gabe Kaminsky, Madeleine Rowley, and Maya Sulkin, The Free Press, March 11, 2025
Demonstrators gather at Low Steps to protest ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24 by Colette Carbonara and Spencer Davis, Columbia Spectator, March 11, 2025
‘I Cannot Believe What Has Taken Place Here’: Columbia Rocked by Arrest and Funding Freeze by Shira Dicker, The Medialine, March 11, 2025
Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil being deported over ‘pro-Hamas propaganda flyers,’ White House says by Steven Nelson, The New York Post, March 11, 2025
Over 1,000 demonstrators gather at Foley Square, march to Union Square to protest arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24 by Tsehai Alfred, Columbia Spectator, March 11, 2025 tagDJHC
Columbia refusing to help identify ‘pro-Hamas’ students, White House says by Andrew Bernard, JNS, March 11, 2025
Faculty-on-Faculty War Erupts at Columbia as Trump Targets Elite School by Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil – Not a Free Speech Issue by William Jacobson, Legal Insurrection, March 11, 2025
‘We will see the Trump administration in court’: ACLU and NYCLU to join legal team of Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24 by Alexis Hernandez Lopez and Nadia Knoblauch, Columbia Spectator, March 11, 2025
Professor at Center of Columbia University Deportation Scandal is Former Israeli Spy by Alan Macleod, Mint Press News, March 11, 2025
University hearings for ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’ and Hamilton Hall completed, Rules Administrator announces by Sarah Huddleston, Columbia Spectator, March 11, 2025
‘Jews say ICE off campus’: Demonstrators gather at Low Steps to protest ICE arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24 by Colette Carbonara, Spencer Davis, Dora Gao, and Nadia Knoblauch, Columbia Spectator, March 11, 2025
2025-03-12
The Principles Guiding Me by Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University Website, March 12, 2025
Arrested Columbia Student to Remain in Louisiana, Judge Orders by Corinne Ramey and Victoria Albert, The Wall Street Journal, March 12, 2025
Ilhan Omar’s Daughter Promotes Fundraiser For Pro-Hamas Activist in ICE Custody by Jessica Costescu, Washington Free Beacon, March 12, 2025
What Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers have to say about immigration law by Stu, Stu Stu Studio, March 12, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, asked Columbia for protection a day before detainment, lawyers confirm by Tsehai Alfred, Columbia Spectator, March 12, 2025 tagDJHC
The University Senate’s student survey shows representatives alienated from constituents and ignorant to Columbia’s reality by Ishaan Barrett, Columbia Spectator, March 12, 2025
Both Left and Right Are Wrong About Mahmoud Khalil by Jed Rubenfeld, The Free Press, March 12, 2025
REPORT: Amid Latest Columbia University Controversy, Media Fails to Convey Pro-Terror Radicalism Driving Key Players, Combat Antisemitism, March 12, 2025
Columbia Announces New Anti-Doxxing And Online Harassment Policy, Bwog, March 12, 2025
2025-03-13
University Senate poll shows many students oppose mask ban, NYPD presence by Emily Pickering, Columbia Spectator, March 13, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil is my friend. Columbia targeted him, then the U.S. government abducted him. by Maryam Alwan, Columbia Spectator, March 13, 2025 Maryam Alwan
Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil sues to block Columbia, Barnard from releasing student records to Congress by Priscilla DeGregory and Kyle Schnitzer, The New York Post, March 13, 2025
15 smoking guns that show Mahmoud Khalil is a terror threat by Ryan Mauro, The Blaze, March 13, 2025
University Statement Regarding UJB Determinations, Columbia University, March 13, 2025
Columbia University expels some anti-Israel students who seized Hamilton Hall during last year’s protests by David Propper, The New York Post, March 13, 2025
Columbia students who occupied Hamilton Hall in pro-Palestinian protest expelled, suspended by Meredith Deliso, ABC News, March 13, 2025
Update to Our Community Regarding DHS Activity Tonight by Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University, March 13, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Tells Columbia How to Get Its $400M Back by Frannie Block and Maya Sulkin, The Free Press, March 13, 2025
UJB issues expulsions, degree revocations, and suspensions for Hamilton Hall occupation by Spencer Davis and Daksha Pillai, Columbia Spectator, March 13, 2025
Columbia Disciplines Student Radicals Nearly a Year After They Stormed Campus Building by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 13, 2025
Columbia anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil sues to block Columbia, Barnard from releasing student records to Congress by Priscilla DeGregory and Kyle Schnitzer, The New York Post, March 13, 2025
Trump Demands Major Changes in Columbia Discipline and Admissions Rules by Katherine Rosman, The New York Times, March 13, 2025
I’m a Jewish Student; President Trump Was Right to Cut Funding to Columbia by Gregory Lyakhov, The Algemeiner, March 13, 2025
A Columbia Professor Marched for Hamas—and Received Millions in Public Funding by Christopher F. Rufo, Hannah Grossman, City Journal, March 13, 2025
Trump Administration Lays Out Demands to Columbia to Restore Federal Funding by Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, March 13, 2025
Bollinger discusses Khalil detention, campus antisemitism with Chronicle of Higher Education by Noah Bernstein, Columbia Spectator, March 13, 2025
Deporting Hamas Supporters Like Mahmoud Khalil Is Perfectly Legal by Erielle Azerrad, City Journal, March 13, 2025
2025-03-14
Columbia expels Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers President, union says by Spencer Davis and Daksha Pillai, Columbia Spectator, March 14, 2025
Columbia revokes degrees, expels, suspends multiple anti-Israel protesters by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, March 14, 2025
ICE Arrests Another Palestinian Columbia Protestor, Feds Say by Miranda Levingston, Patch, March 14, 2025
VIDEO: Columbia University Student Whose Visa Was Revoked for Supporting Hamas and Terrorist Activities Used CBP Home App to Self-Deport, Homeland Security, March 14, 2025
Trump administration issues list of demands Columbia must meet to maintain federal funding by Molly Bordoff, Columbia Spectator, March 14, 2025
8 Students Sue Columbia To Block Records Release To Feds by Miranda Levingston, Patch, March 14, 2025
Second anti-Israel Columbia protester, Leqaa Kordia, arrested by Homeland Security for immigration violations — as third self-deports and flees to Canada by Jennie Taer, The New York Post, March 14, 2025
DHS agents search two Columbia University residences – days after anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE at off-campus apartment by Anna Young, The New York Post, March 14, 2025
Protesters graffiti President’s House with ‘Free them all’ by Tulasi Cherukuri, Columbia Spectator, March 14, 2025
Columbia University faces ultimatum from Trump administration to keep federal funding by Laura Spitalniak, Higher Ed Dive, March 14, 2025
Over 100 gather outside gates in protest of University sanctions against pro-Palestinian protesters, Khalil detainment by Sarah Huddleston and Dora Gao, Columbia Spectator, March 14, 2025
Turmoil rocks Columbia University as Trump administration demands changes — or else by Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, March 14, 2025
Detained Columbia anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil worked at UNRWA, got ‘rigorous security clearance’ as British gov staffer years before protests by Emily Crane, The New York Post, March 14, 2025
New Mahmoud Khalil complaint names Trump and Rubio, and alleges 'targeted, retaliatory detention' by Phil Helsel and Chloe Atkins, NBC News, March 14, 2025
Columbia’s $400 Million Debate: How to Meet Trump’s Demands? by Douglas Belkin, Jessica Toonkel and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2025
Columbia prof marches for Gaza while you fund her pseudo-science race study by Christopher F. Rufo and Hannah Grossman, The New York Post, March 14, 2025 Jennifer Manly
Pathetic Columbia finally cracks down only when its funding is threatened by Post Editorial Board, The New York Post, March 14, 2025
Yes, Mr. Khalil, Your Actions Have Consequences by Victor Davis Hanson, The Daily Signal, March 14, 2025
2025-03-15
After Columbia arrests, international college students fall silent by Joselyn Gecker, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 15, 2025
Detained Columbia anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil seethed with hatred for Jewish state, ex-classmate says by Susan Edelman, Georgia Worrell and Rich Calder, The New York Post, March 15, 2025 Mahmoud Khalil
The Justice Department is investigating whether Columbia University hid students sought by the US by Larry Neumeister and Jake Offenhartz, AP News, March 15, 2025
Standing Together for Columbia, Columbia University, March 15, 2025
Mahmoud Is Not Safe, by Nadia Abu El-Haj, The New York Review, March 15, 2025 Nadia Abu El-Haj
2025-03-16
How a Columbia Student Activist Landed in Federal Detention by Michael Wilson, Michael Rothfeld and Ana Ley, The New York Times, March 16, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Administration Slashes Millions More in Grants to Columbia by Eliana Johnson, Washington Free Beacon, March 16, 2025
Letter to the Editor: Rejecting faculty dishonesty by Elisha Baker, Columbia Spectator, March 16, 2025 Joseph Howley
2025-03-17
Columbia janitors trapped, attacked by anti-Israel mob say they faced retaliatory harassment for reporting antisemitic conduct as civil rights probe launched by Ryan King, The New York Post, March 17, 2025
Under pressure from White House, Columbia University cracks down on antisemitism by Haley Cohen, Jewish Journal, March 17, 2025
Columbia University’s Anti-Semitism Problem by Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, March 17, 2025
‘Safer without him’: Columbia student claims classmate arrested by ICE 'hates America by Peter Pinedo, Fox News, March 17, 2025
Columbia Declined To Investigate Swastikas Scrawled Throughout Hamilton Hall Because They Were 'Written in Chalk and Could Be Erased': Complaint by Collin Anderson, Washington Free Beacon, March 17, 2025
GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. by Daniel W. Drezner, Drezner’s World Substack, March 17, 2025
Columbia protesters called janitors ‘Jew-lovers’ during 2024 building takeover, complaint says by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, March 17, 2025
Trump Lists 9 Demands for Columbia University to Keep Federal Funding by Margaret Attridge, Best Colleges, March 17, 2025
2025-03-18
A Columbia University Professor Speaks Out Against the Kidnapping of Mahmoud Khalil by Joseph Howley, Lit Hub, March 18, 2025 Joseph Howley
The Columbia protest case is about immigration law, not free speech by Tal Fortgang, The Washington Post, March 18, 2025
In Internal Documents, Columbia Grad Student Union Spells Out Demands for 'Sanctuary Campus' Free From Public Safety Patrols and Protest Records by Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 18, 2025
They got schooled: ‘Columbia cherry-picked students who were really, really, really into social justice activism’ by Rikki Schlott, The New York Post, March 18, 2025
Barnard 'poisoned' by 'DEI propaganda,' says influencer who uncovered anti-Israel sentiment on campus by Rachel Wolf, Fox News, March 18, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia and the Politics of Deportation by Lucca Ruggieri, Peter Constant Jr., Billy Jones, Inaam Zafar, Santhosh Nadarajah, The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2025
2025-03-19
Mahmoud Khalil urges ‘further protests’ in fiery letter from prison, accuses Columbia of ‘laying groundwork’ for arrest by Anthony Blair, The New York Post, March 19, 2025
Our Next Steps by Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University, March 19, 2025
Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants by Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil: What the Media Isn’t Telling You by David Litman, CAMERA, March 19, 2025
Influencer Finds Shocking Levels of Antisemitism on Campus at Barnard College by Mike LaChance, Legal Insurrection, March 19, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil and Trump’s assault on free speech – podcast, The Guardian, March 19, 2025 Joseph Howley
Stop Valorizing Campus Protesters by Charles Fain Lehman, City Journal, March 19, 2025
The US government has sent Columbia University a ransom note by Sheldon Pollock, The Guardian, March 19, 2025
2025-03-20
Fight Club: Should Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported? by EliLakeand Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, The Free Press, March 20, 2025
Trump’s war on Columbia comes for Middle East studies by Gabby Deutch, The Jewish Journal, March 20, 2025
Trump Admin Grants Columbia One-Day Extension To Implement Reforms by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 20, 2025
The Media Whitewashes Columbia Student Group’s Support of Oct. 7 Massacre by Adam Levick, The Algemeiner, March 20, 2025
Columbia student who praised Mahmoud Khalil arrest in WSJ op-ed received death threats: ‘These people are ridiculous’ by Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 20, 2025
Judge tells Columbia and Barnard to refrain from turning over student disciplinary records for now, Associated Press, March 20, 2025
‘No Way’ to Please Everyone: Columbia’s President Confronts Trump’s Ultimatum by Sara Randazzo and Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, March 20, 2025
2025-03-21
Columbia Law School Hit with Vile Anti-Semitic Email Threat Demanding ‘Death’ to Israel by Fern Sidman, TJV News, March 21, 2025
Columbia agrees to Trump admin’s conditions for restoring federal funding by Vita Fellig, JNS, March 21, 2025
Sharing Progress on Our Priorities by Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University, March 21, 2025
Columbia caves to Trump’s demands after $400M threat over campus antisemitism, will institute mask ban and more oversight by Emily Crane, Katherine Donlevy and Shane Galvin, The New York Post, March 21, 2025
Advancing Our Work to Combat Discrimination, Harassment, and Antisemitism at Columbia, Columbia University, March 21, 2025
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding by Douglas Belkin, The Wall Street Journal, March 21, 2025
Columbia’s Egregious Public-Relations Campaign by Tal Fortgang, Jason Bedrick, City Journal, March 21, 2025
2025-03-22
Academia Confronts a Watershed Moment at Columbia, and the Right Revels by Troy Closson, Alan Blinder and Katherine Rosman, The New York Times, March 22, 2025
2025-03-23
US education czar says Columbia on track to restore federal funding after reforms promised by AP, Times of Israel, March 23, 2025
Columbia Learns a Hard Lesson by The Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2025
Terrifying: Bombshell Report Exposes Columbia University’s Ties to Hamas by Phil Schneider, IsraelUnwired, March 23, 2025
2025-03-24
Lawsuit Targets Anti-Israel Campus Leaders for ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Hamas by Maya Sulkin, The Free Press, March 24, 2025
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation by Jonah E. Bromwich and Hamed Aleaziz, The New York Times, March 24, 2025
New report sounds alarm on 'staggering' amount of foreign money pouring into US universities by Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News, March 24, 2025
Columbia faculty hold 'emergency vigil,' urge students to wear mask, skip class to protest Trump by Pilar Arias, Fox News, March 24, 2025
Columbia University protests continue as administration negotiates with White House by Haley Cohen, Jewish Insider, March 24, 2025
Reading King Lear at Columbia in the Wake of Mahmoud Khalil’s Kidnapping by Joseph A. Howley, The Nation, March 24, 2025 Joseph Howley
Masked Columbia protesters march on campus, defying Trump-ordered ban on face coverings by Carl Campanile, Dorian Geiger and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 24, 2025
Columbia’s President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings by Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 24, 2025
Masked Protesters Rally Against Columbia's New Mask Policy, Testing School's Resolve To Deliver Trump-Imposed Reforms by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 24, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil Omitted Work for Terror-Tied UNRWA From Green Card Application, Prosecutors Say by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 24, 2025
Columbia Agrees To Trump's Demands, Brian Lehrer Show, NPR, March 24, 2025 Joseph Howley
The Situation at Columbia by Peter Woit, Blog, March 24, 2025 [saved]
Columbia’s Capitulation, and Wesleyan’s Pushback by Robert Kuttner, The American Prospect, March 24, 2025
Jewish Columbia student: ‘I don’t want Trump involved in my school’ but ‘nothing was changing’ by Benyamin Cohen, Forward, March 24, 2025
2025-03-25
Columbia student, 21, arrested during anti-Israel protest faces deportation by Trump admin: lawsuit by avid Propper, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
21-Year-Old Columbia Student Protester Sues Trump to Stop Deportation by Jenna Telesca, Jennifer Calfas and Joseph Pisani, The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2025
Columbia’s interim president privately told faculty there was no mask ban — despite telling Trump admin it would be enforced by Carl Campanile, Reuven Fenton, Emily Crane and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
Columbia junior Yunseo Chung, facing deportation, engaged in ‘concerning’ conduct, including anti-Israel protest arrest: DHS by Diana Glebova and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
Anti-Israel groups aided Hamas on campus, knew of attack beforehand, Oct. 7 victims say in lawsuit by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2025
Columbia’s interim president insists Trump-ordered mask bans ‘are real’ — despite reports she was flouting changes by Emily Crane, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
Israeli hostages' families sue Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia organizers as alleged 'Hamas' propaganda arm' in NYC by Danielle Wallace, Fox News, March 25, 2025
Columbia President Says One Thing to Trump Admin—And Another in Private by Maya Sulkin, The Free Press, March 25, 2025
Which pro-Palestinian campus orgs. are accused of ties with Hamas? - explainer by James Genn, The Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2025
Statement Regarding Columbia’s Commitments by Katrina Armstrong, Columbia University, March 25, 2025
Does Columbia still merit the name of a university? by Rashid Khalidi, The Guardian, March 25, 2025 Rashid Khalidi
Columbia student protester Yunseo Chung can’t be detained by feds, judge rules as Trump admin seeks to deport her by Ben Kochman and Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
Columbia activists worked with Hamas, captors told rescued hostage Shlomi Ziv by Michael Starr, Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2025
Columbia Faculty Sue Trump Admin To Restore $400M In Federal Funds by Miranda Levingston, Patch, March 25, 2025
Families of Hamas hostages claim anti-Israel protest groups like Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine had ‘prior knowledge’ of Oct. 7 attack in bombshell suit by Chris Nesi, The New York Post, March 25, 2025
Columbia adopts anti-doxxing and online harassment policy by Spencer Davis, Columbia Spectator, March 25, 2025
Columbia Pushed by Trump Team to Reaffirm Commitment to Deal by Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 25, 2025
Columbia University President Denies Deceiving Trump Administration Over Antisemitism Policies by Dion J. Pierre, The Algemeiner, March 25, 2025
Columbia faculty groups sue Trump administration over funding cuts, academic demands by Brendan Pierson and Jonathan Allen, Reuters, March 25, 2025
Columbia President Talks Out of Both Sides of Her Mouth on Masking and Disciplinary Process by Collin Anderson, Washington Free Beacon, March 25, 2025
March 25: Columbia Activists Coordinated With Hamas, Lawsuit Alleges by Adam Lehrer, Tablet, March 25,2025
Columbia Activists, Including Mahmoud Khalil, Serve as Hamas's 'Propaganda Arm in New York City,' Lawsuit States by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, March 25, 2025
Pamphlets in Columbia Library Teach Students How To ‘Stop ICE,' 'Shut Out The Police' by Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 25, 2025
Columbia Planned Tighter Protest Rules Even Before Trump Demanded Them by Colin Moynihan, The New York Times, March 25, 2025
Rosenbury announces protest mediary team, plans to rework current disciplinary process by Harriet Engelke and Daksha Pillai, Columbia Spectator, March 25, 02025
Columbia president apparently lied to Trump about mask ban and its anti-Israel students allegedly knew about Oct. 7: REPORTS by Elad Vaida, Campus Reform, March 25, 2025
BOMBSHELL: Anti-Israel Groups in U.S. Had Foreknowledge of October 7 Attack, Lawsuit Alleges by Rick Moran, PJ Media, March 25, 2025
Exporting the Columbia Prototype by Christopher F. Rufo, City Journal, March 25, 2025
$15 Billion Is Enough to Fight a President by Charlie Eaton, The New York Times, March 25, 2025
2025-03-26
Ivy League Shame: Columbia’s Protests and Your Potential Complicity by Tamar Weinberg, Times of Israel, March 26, 2025 tagDJHC
Columbia University pushed by Trump administration to double down on mask ban commitment: report by Emily Crane, The New York Post, March 26, 2025
Columbia students’ lawyers, street protest groups part of linked anti-Israel network by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, March 26, 2025
Columbia University faces consequences after Accuracy in Media exposes campus antisemitism, Accuracy in Media, March 26, 2025
Lawsuit accuses anti-Israel Columbia protesters of being Hamas’s ‘in-house PR firm’, Times of Israel, March 26, 2025
What Columbia University President Katrina Armstrong Really Told Faculty Members About Changes the School Is Making by Eliana Johnson, Washington Free Beacon, March 26, 2025
Columbia faculty unions speak out after filing lawsuit against Trump administration over cuts by Noorulain Khawaja, Spectrum News NY 1, March 26, 2025
2025-03-27
Columbia Is a Basket Case Because of Its Faculty by Seth Mandel, Commentary, March 27, 2025
Walberg, Owens Demand Answers from Five Colleges Following Their Lackluster Response to Antisemitism, Education and the Workforce Committee, March 27, 2025
Letter to Barnard, March 27, 2025
Columbia Student Expelled for Storming Hamilton Hall Accesses Campus To Deliver Speech to Anti-Israel Protesters by Jessica Costescu and Jessica Schwalb, Washington Free Beacon, March 27, 2025
Suing Hamas’s Campus Cheerleaders by Editorial Board, The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2025
At Columbia University, Trump's crackdown chills a fervent campus by Matt Lavietes and Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, march 27, 2025
The Situation at Columbia II by Peter Woit, Blog, March 27, 2025 [saved]
Senate GOP chair launches probe into American Muslims for Palestine for ‘alleged ties to Hamas’ by Josh Christenson, The New York Post, March 27, 2025
2025-03-28
What the Trump Administration Should Do With Columbia’s $430 Million by Editorial Board, Washington Free Beacon, March 28, 2025
Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong Is Stepping Down by Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2025
Shipman Named Acting President, Columbia University, March 28, 2025
Columbia University President Steps Down Amid Trump Battle by By Douglas Belkin and Liz Essley Whyte, The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2025
Columbia President Katrina Armstrong Steps Down Amid Battle With Trump. Claire Shipman, Wife of Obama Press Sec, Will Take the Job. by Collin Anderson, Washington Free Beacon, March 28, 2025
Columbia Interim President Armstrong steps down in move praised by WH by Cayla Bamberger, Daily News, March 28, 2025
Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong resigns, just days after caving to Trump admin demands by Chris Nesi and Anna Young, The New York Post, March 28, 2025
Joint Task Force statement regarding Columbia University's steps to advance negotiations, U.S. General Services Administration, March 28, 2025
Armstrong steps down as interim Columbia president, Shipman assumes presidency by Isha Banerjee, Columbia Spectator, March 28, 2025
Chair Cassidy Launches HELP Investigation into Organization with Alleged Ties to Hamas, Antisemitic Violence on College Campuses, US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, March 28, 2025
2025-03-29
The Situation at Columbia III by Peter Woit, Blog, March 29, 2025 [saved]
Columbia’s new prez called Congress hearings on antisemitism ‘Capitol Hill nonsense’ by Gabrielle Fahmy, The New York Post, March 29, 2025
House Committee on Education and Workforce requests briefing on Milbank and Milstein sit-ins from Barnard by Nadia Knoblauch, Columbia Spectator, March 29, 2025
‘Canary in the coalmine of totalitarianism’: how Columbia went from a home for Edward Said to a punching bag for Trump by Alice Speri, The Guardian, March 29, 2025
Columbia board co-chair, who called House Jew-hatred probes ‘nonsense,’ replaces Ivy’s interim pres by JNS Staff, JNS, March 29, 2025 tagDJHC
Columbia’s President Resigns, But the DEI Battle Is Just Beginning by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal, March 29, 2025
2025-03-30
Judge holds hearing after temporarily blocking Columbia and Barnard from sending records to House committee by Colette Holcomb and Spencer Davis, Columbia Spectator, March 30, 2025
2025-03-31
Three weeks after his arrest, Khalil to remain in Louisiana ICE detention facility after New Jersey court hearing by Surina Venkat and Tsehai Alfred, Columbia Spectator, March 31, 2025
Columbia University faces new trouble as top admissions consultant says students won’t accept offers — ‘brand has been tarnished’ by Rikki Schlott, The New York Post, March 31, 2025
CBC Front Burner Discusses Chaos At Columbia University Featuring Guest Downplaying Antisemitism & Accusing Israel Of Genocide by Mike Fegelman, Honest Reporting Canada, March 31, 2025 Joseph Howley
Columbia University anti-Israel protest group booted from Instagram, again by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, March 31, 2025
Review: ‘The Encampments’ is an intimate look into Columbia’s pro-Palestinian movement by Emily Chen, Columbia Spectator, March 31, 2025
In First Message as Columbia President, Claire Shipman Pledges To 'Build On' Plan 'To Move Our Community Forward' by Jessica Costescu, Washington Free Beacon, March 31, 2025
New Columbia President Attacked by Stefanik Over 2023 Text Message by Sharon Otterman, The New York Times, March 31, 2025
The Sundial Report by Columbia Senate, March 31, 2025
The Sundial Report: The 2023-2024 Protests at Columbia University by Sundial, March 31, 2025 [saved]
Ivy League Tormentor Stefanik Returns, Lashes Out at Columbia by Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg, March 31, 2025
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2025-03-10
Canary Mission lists foreign nationals from Columbia University who may be eligible for deportation: link.
Mark Goldfeder explains why Mahmoud Khalil may be eligible for deportation: link.
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