Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong warned students of “a period of uncertainty” ahead of planned demonstrations commemorating the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 invasion of Israel. Armstrong stated that the university has received evidence suggesting significant protest activities are expected on campus in the coming days, some led by affiliated student groups and others unaffiliated.
FILE - Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, on April 29, 2024, in New York.
“We understand that there has been a call for a walkout as part of a larger protest effort across New York City,” Armstrong wrote. “This walkout was not notified through the process established by the Guidelines to the Rules of University Conduct. We continue to implement public safety measures to plan for every eventuality. We take those concerns with extreme seriousness.”
Columbia University Apartheid Divest , a self-described “coalition at Columbia University of 100+ groups who see Palestine as the vanguard for collective liberation," called for a school walkout Monday. An Instagram post on the walkout encouraged students to wear black, conceal identifying tattoos and wear a face mask to be “protected from surveillance.”
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