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Columbia bends the knee
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:35 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:35 pm
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Columbia University will cede to President Trump’s far-reaching demands in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding he revoked this month, according to a memo from the school to the administration.
Columbia agreed to ban masks, empower 36 campus police officers with new powers to arrest students and appoint a senior vice provost with broad authority to oversee the department of Middle East, South Asian and African Studies as well as the Center for Palestine Studies.
Control of the Middle East department has been a central dispute in negotiations and sparks controversy across campus. Faculty at Columbia and nationwide are expressing deep reservations about letting the federal government dictate how they can operate an academic department. The new vice provost, appointed by Columbia, will review curriculum, nontenure faculty hiring and leadership “to ensure the educational offerings are comprehensive and balanced.”
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Columbia has agreed to curtail protests that take over buildings and disrupt classes. The school will require protesters to identify themselves and will review admissions practices to “ensure unbiased admissions processes.”
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The school has also said it would move forward with several steps not demanded in the government’s March 13 letter. This includes adopting institutional neutrality—which means they will stop taking official positions on most political issues—and launching programming for their hub in Tel Aviv this spring.
Good. frick 'em. Every university should take the bolded stance.
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Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:38 pm to Big Scrub TX
Happy Columbia Day!
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:42 pm to Big Scrub TX
I seriously doubt that Columbia will cecede 50% of Trump wants, and lie about the rest. That clown in the Oakdale Pen wasn't even enrolled and lived in Columbia subsidized housing. Columbia walks around with a disjointed nose, but in reality has no f'ing clue what's happening there and Barnard.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:45 pm to Big Scrub TX
Did we bend the knee when we wore masks to get on airplanes in 2020? Did we bend the knee when we paid our taxes only to see them fund the Ukraine war? Recognizing the democratically elected politicians is not bending the knee.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:47 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Good. frick 'em. Every university should take the bolded stance.
You actually think they will implement these policies?
They might for 6 months but as soon as the $400 million is received the will go back to the previous policies. I would have never agreed to giving them the money. We could talk in 2026 after a year of changed behavior 
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:47 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Center for Palestine Studies
Sounds like a nest of agitators
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:48 pm to Penrod
quote:That's adorable. Are you acting as if Columbia had no intent to defy?
Did we bend the knee when we wore masks to get on airplanes in 2020? Did we bend the knee when we paid our taxes only to see them fund the Ukraine war? Recognizing the democratically elected politicians is not bending the knee.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:49 pm to Big Scrub TX
Why is the federal government giving any university 400 million dollars?
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:55 pm to Big Scrub TX
the fact that any private university could even get one cent from the Federal government is insane to me
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:57 pm to Big Scrub TX
Still don't see why they get 400 million tax dollars
Posted on 3/21/25 at 4:57 pm to broadhead
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Why is the federal government giving any university 400 million dollars?
Especially a private university with an endowment larger than the City of New York budget
This post was edited on 3/21/25 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 3/21/25 at 5:13 pm to Big Scrub TX
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That's adorable
Something girls say.
Posted on 3/21/25 at 5:14 pm to Big Scrub TX
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and launching programming for their hub in Tel Aviv this spring.
A lot of benefit for Americans?
Posted on 3/21/25 at 5:42 pm to Big Scrub TX
Why does an Ivy League private university receive $400 million in Federal Aid to begin with?
Posted on 3/21/25 at 5:42 pm to CDawson
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Why does an Ivy League private university receive $400 million in Federal Aid to begin with?
To produce more Democrats with taxpayer funds
Posted on 3/21/25 at 5:47 pm to Penrod
Bend your knees much for your bf?
Posted on 3/21/25 at 7:18 pm to Audustxx
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Bend your knees much for your bf?
You and your boyfriend, BigScrub, doing the nasty, lol.
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