Barnard faculty overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in President Laura Rosenbury on Tuesday with 77 percent of respondents in favor—the first recorded instance of a Barnard president ever receiving such a vote.
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To see what has changed since the first encampment was set on GW's University Yard Thursday, check out this great visualization from An Ngo in the latest issue of the The GW Hatchet, supported by reporting from Erika Filter and rory quealy
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Mike Johnson hasn't matched Kevin McCarthy's fundraising prowess. But after bucking detractors & passing Ukraine aid, some expect the $$ will start to flow. A deep look at fundraising & GOP mega donors' spending, via Maeve Reston Michael Scherer Ence Morse washingtonpost.com/elections/2024…

BREAKING: DOZENS OCCUPY HAMILTON HALL AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS SPAN ACROSS CAMPUS
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There have now been over 1,100 arrests at pro-Palestine campus protests across the nation since the Columbia encampment began a week and a half ago. washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

New: Bellingcat and Scripps News followed one IDF battalion’s movements across Gaza, geolocating their social posts to highlight IDF involvement in systematic destruction of Palestinian land and livelihoods: bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/2…

The university distributed the sheet below this morning, telling students to disperse by 2 p.m. today or face interim suspension. On interim suspension, students who remain on the West Lawn will be trespassing.

BREAKING: Columbia ‘will not divest from Israel,’ negotiators fail to come to agreement, Shafik announces
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Want an audio recap of what’s been happening at Columbia, check out The Scoop podcast from Columbia Daily Spectator!

The Isabella Ramírez Fan Club? Um, yeah, I’ve been paying my membership dues for years, haven’t you?

If you want to support the student journalists at Columbia University who are working nonstop to cover a story that has now become international news, you can make a tax-deductible donation to Columbia Daily Spectator here: specpublishing.com/checkout/donat…

you wouldn’t last an hour in the asylum where they raised me

While previous statements from NYPD said that there were no injuries during Thursday’s arrests at Columbia’s campus, new reporting from Columbia Daily Spectator suggests otherwise, with one student fracturing her wrist. She lost access to housing when she left to seek medical attention.

I joined CNN News Central this morning to discuss the ongoing protests on Columbia University’s campus from my vantage point as Editor in Chief of Columbia Daily Spectator (🧵):

I'm the chair of the Spectator's board of trustees, and I cannot tell you how proud I am to see what they're doing while *also taking finals.* Volunteer your time to help young people in your industry; I guarantee they'll impress you.

INBOX: Columbia is now requiring all professors on the Morningside campus to provide a hybrid option for the rest of the semester, classroom technology permitting.

Columbia U. Newspaper Kids Working ‘Overtime’ to Get Protests Right

Great piece providing an insight into Columbia Daily Spectator’s newsroom in The Daily Beast! By Corbin Bolies
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Signatures from 150+ untenured faculty members so far, speaking against the arrest of peaceful protesters by the NYPD & suspensions by Columbia + Barnard

Former president Donald Trump’s increasingly confrontational posting on Truth Social keeps his most ardent followers primed for action, helps him raise money and provides daily fodder for a media sphere that exists largely to amplify him. wapo.st/3vT9tlT

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) issued a statement on Sunday calling on University President Minouche Shafik to resign immediately and the board of trustees to appoint someone “who will protect Jewish students and enforce school policies.”
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