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Embattled Columbia president Minouche Shafik resigns months after anti-Israel student protests: report

2024-08-15

[NY Post] Cleaning out the stables
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik has resigned from the elite institution, according to a report.

Shafik is stepping away after just one year at the helm, which was marked by constant — and sometimes destructive — anti-Israel protests, the Free Beacon reported.

The embattled president had been facing mounting calls to resign for months over her handling of the protests, which broke out following Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel.

She was accused of “gross negligence” while testifying before Congress after refusing to say whether the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” should be considered antisemitic.

Critics claimed Shafik was not sufficiently cracking down on campus protests until the tent encampments took over the Ivy League school’s lawn in the weeks leading up to graduation.

Hundreds of students were arrested on trespassing charges for refusing to pack up, but the demonstrations escalated when a destructive mob illegally took over the Hamilton Hall academic building in April.

Shafik’s resignation comes just one week after three university deans resigned from Columbia following the exposure of their “very troubling” text chain that disparaged Israeli and Jewish students’ fears of rising anti-Semitism on campus.

Susan Chang-Kim, Matthew Patashnick and Cristen Kromm messaged vomit emojis and accused Jewish students of asserting “privilege” during a panel discussion the month prior about antisemitism on campus stoked by Israel’s war against Hamas.

Shafik’s departure comes just three weeks before the start of the fall semester.

Posted by:Frank G

#4 Escaping, Post?

Call of Duty: UK

Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-08-15 14:11

#3 For #1 - No
Embattled Columbia University president Minouche Shafik suddenly resigned Wednesday and is escaping back to her home country after leading the elite institution for less than a year that was marked by constant — and sometimes destructive — anti-Israel protests.

Shafik announced she would be “stepping down” from the Ivy League in a letter to the student body and blamed the “period of turmoil” for her shocking departure.

In her letter, the scholar revealed she is leaving the prestigious school to return to the United Kingdom — where she spent most of her career — for a gig with its foreign secretary as a chair tasked with reviewing the government’s approach to international development.

Posted by: Frank G 2024-08-15 06:46

#2 Just in time for the new fall rave season.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-08-15 06:44

#1 She's still tenured professor at full salary.

Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-08-15 01:59

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