Columbia University Cancels Main Graduation Event

2024-05-07

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  • New York City's Columbia University announced Monday that it would cancel its main end-of-year event, or commencement, scheduled for May 15.
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  • The decision comes after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that have disrupted the second half of the school year.
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  • Some Jewish students have said they felt unsafe at the school.
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  • Officials moved classes online and city police arrested numerous students after they entered a school building, Hamilton Hall, without permission.
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  • Not all events celebrating the end of student study programs will be canceled.
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  • Individual schools will still go ahead with their smaller graduation events.
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  • The events will not take place on the school's main campus area where the protesters had set up a camp.
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  • Instead, they will mostly take place at the university's sports area, about eight kilometers away.
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  • In its announcement, Columbia stated recent weeks have been "incredibly difficult."
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  • The school said it talked with students before making the decision.
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  • Officials said the smaller, school-centered ceremonies were the most important for students and their families.
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  • "They are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school's invited guest speakers," the university said.
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  • The protest camp at the university involved about 200 demonstrators.
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  • They were calling for an end to the war between Israel and Hamas that is taking place in the Gaza Strip.
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  • The protesters demanded that Columbia sell its investments in Israeli businesses and American businesses that assist Israel's war effort.
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  • Media reports say the Columbia protests prompted other demonstrations at American universities.
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  • These include the University of Southern California (USC); the University of California, Los Angeles; and the University of Michigan.
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  • USC also cancelled its main graduation event after students protested.
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  • Students left their protest camp at USC on Sunday after police moved in and threatened them with arrest.
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  • Some university graduation events have already taken place.
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  • At the University of Michigan's event on Saturday, chanting students slowed down the event more than once.
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  • In Boston, some students waved Palestinian and others waved Israeli flags at Northeastern University's ceremony.
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  • I'm Dan Friedell.