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Located in the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village, NYU’s academic, residential, and student life facilities are found on tree-lined streets centered on Washington Square Park. As you explore campus, you can follow our students as they share information about some of the sites they frequent and what makes NYU the perfect place for them.

Bobst Library

70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, USA

The Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, more affectionately known as Bobst, is the largest in NYU’s 11-library system. Bobst holds 3.9 million of the 5.8 million books in NYU’s catalog and is the most popular study space on campus. The NYU mascot, the Bobcat, was chosen and named after the Bobst Library catalog, “BOBCAT” - previously NYU’s mascot was a violet! NYU partners with other colleges and libraries to use their resources, many of which can be ordered online and delivered to one of the main libraries.

Campus Safety

561 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY, USA

For NYU’s Office of Campus Safety, the safety and wellbeing of the NYU community is their top priority. Located conveniently at 561 LaGuardia Place, their lobby is open around the clock and staffed with officers available to provide assistance. In addition, there are Campus Safety Officers at the entrance of each NYU building, including our residence halls. And an NYU ID card is required for entry into all NYU buildings.

Kimmel Center for University Life

60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, USA

The Helen & Martin Kimmel Center for University life, more commonly called Kimmel, is the home for most student clubs, communities, and organizations at NYU. The Kimmel Center also houses two NYU dining options, the Center for Student Life, Center for Multicultural Education & Programs, NYU Ticket Central, LGBTQ+ Center and the Skirball Center for Performing Arts, one of the largest performance spaces in Lower Manhattan.

Global Center for Academic and Spiritual Life

NYU Global Center, Thompson Street, New York, NY, USA

The Global Center for Academic & Spiritual Life, GCASL, is home to various classrooms, study areas, and religious observance spaces. The building has reservable music practice rooms and offices for staff and leaders from over 40 faith traditions. GCASL also offers free meditation and yoga classes each week to keep students focused on the health of their mind, body, and soul.

Weinstein Residence Hall

Weinstein Hall, University Place, New York, NY, USA

Weinstein Hall is one of the 21 residence halls available to NYU students and one of 10 residence halls exclusively for first-year students. Housing is guaranteed for all first-year students that remain in housing throughout their four years. Weinstein is also home to four of NYU’s dining halls which are available to any student with a meal plan.

Lipton Hall

Lipton Hall, Washington Square West, NYC, NY, USA

Lipton is a first-year residence hall that houses 700 students and is part of the First Year Residential Experience. It’s location just across from Washington Square Park allows its residents to easily access many campus buildings. Lipton has many communal areas for students to relax and socialize including a community kitchen, game room, dance and music practice rooms, and study spaces. Lipton Hall is also home to a dining hall on the main level of the building.

Rubin Hall, 5th Avenue, New York, NY, USA

Located on Fifth Avenue, Rubin Hall is just a five-minute walk from the center of campus. Rubin Hall is part of the First Year Residential Experience and is home to 680 first-year students. Rubin Hall boasts amenities like a black box theater, a study lounge, a dance room, a piano room, and several game rooms. And residents on the 16th floor of Rubin take part in the Inequality and Justice themed community. Students who choose to be a part of this floor community commit to examining disparities in poverty and wealth through cultural events, service learning, and deep dialogues with professionals, activists, and each other.

Silver Center

Silver Center for Arts and Science, Waverly Place, New York, NY, USA

The Silver Center for Arts and Science is the home of the New York University’s College of Arts and Science (CAS) and Grey Art Gallery. The Dean of the College of Arts and Science and the college administration are located in this facility, which forms an imposing landmark on the eastern border of Washington Square Park. The Silver Center is frequented by most undergraduate students during their time at NYU.

NYU Academic Resource Center, Washington Place, New York, NY, USA

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) is located at 18 Washington Place, in the heart of NYU’s Washington Square campus. In 2011, the building’s ground floor, mezzanine, and basement were completely renovated to create the ARC. Formerly the site of NYU’s Bookstore, the space has been adaptively remodeled to house student lounges, tutoring and meeting spaces, classrooms, offices, a computer lab, and an Argo Tea cafe. With its central campus location and varied facilities, the ARC has become a popular meeting, learning, and working space for the NYU community.

Leslie eLab

NYU Entrepreneurial Institute (Leslie eLab), Washington Place, New York, NY, USA

The Mark and Debra Leslie Entrepreneurs Lab is located at the center of the NYU Academic Superblock on Washington Place. Their mission is to encourage entrepreneurship and collaboration among NYU students and staff. In the lab, students have access to a state-of-the-art classrooms and meeting spaces. There are also full-time professional staff always on hand to assist with getting the creative juices flowing.

Gould Plaza

40 West 4th Street, New York, NY, USA

Jeffrey S. Gould Plaza is an outdoor plaza that's home to the Stern School of Business, the Courant Institute for Mathematics, and Warren Weaver Hall. It’s also a popular destination for NYC food trucks, which both students and staff flock to for lunch.

StudentLink Center

StudentLink Center, Lafayette Street, NYC, NY, USA

With locations on our Manhattan and Brooklyn campuses, the StudentLink Center serves as a one-stop-shop for current students. The StudentLink Center represents a variety of offices to support the administrative needs of students. Appointments are available online and in-person.

Rory Meyers School of Nursing

NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing, 1st Avenue, New York, NY, USA

The Rory Meyers College of Nursing is the second-largest private university college of nursing in the country. As a center for research in nursing, health, and interdisciplinary science, the College prepares its students to be leaders in healthcare on both a local and global scale. Their mission is to shape the future of nursing through leadership in healthcare policy.

The Wasserman Center for Career Development

NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USA

The Wasserman Center has two locations in Brooklyn and Manhattan. They offer a number of services that support students in their professional development endeavors. They offer a number of workshops and classes where students can get professional advice. Students even have the opportunity to set up one-on-one appointments with trained professional career coaches. For students looking for jobs and internships, their Handshake platform has thousands of postings. Wasserman also awards over $500,000 per year in grants and stipends to students with unpaid internships.

Washington Square Park

Washington Square Park, New York, NY, USA

Though Washington Square Park is not owned by NYU, it is the heart of campus. A number of University buildings are along the park perimeter. Many NYU students, faculty and staff spend their lunch breaks and study breaks here.

John A. Paulson Center

181 Mercer St, New York, NY 10012, USA

The John A. Paulson Center is NYU's newest building and home to student and faculty housing, study spaces, a Commons area, performing arts rehearsal and recital spaces, and a fully-equipped athletics and recreation facility with a four-court gym and six-lane lap pool. Plus, with more than 50 classrooms, the Paulson Center has more space devoted to academics than any other NYU building.

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NYU changes admissions tours to avoid ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment’

In an email sent at around 10:30 a.m. obtained by WSN, administrators told student admissions ambassadors to use two routes that avoid Gould Plaza, where the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” has been set up since around 6 a.m. Monday. Admissions tours usually start and end at Gould Plaza, an anonymous admissions ambassador told WSN.

The email with the suggested routes, which lead prospective students and families through the Washington Square Mews and the NYU Entrepreneurial Institute at 16 Washington Place, also included a link to “General Protest Talking Points” for admissions ambassadors. 

The talking points, which were leaked in a recent NYU Students for Justice in Palestine and Shut it Down NYU Instagram post , advise admissions ambassadors to respond to inquiries regarding campus activism with the following:

• “NYU respects the right of any student to peacefully protest, but does not support violence, hate-speech, or harassment of any kind.” 
• “NYU has always welcomed the free exchange of ideas, including protesting.” 
• “Guests are welcome to engage with protesters and ask questions and engage in discussion on their own time, however we realize that most visitors are here to learn more about the university and student experience at NYU so the tour will be bypassing the protest so they can better focus on sharing information.”

“As you may know, NYU students have occupied the Gould Plaza, launching a chapter of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment here at NYU,” the email reads. “As a result, we made adjustments to our tour routes to ensure the comfort and safety of both our guests and the participants of the encampment.”

The university did not respond to a request for comment regarding admissions tour routes.

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Rep. Torres: Columbia president “should step aside” if she cannot lead with moral clarity

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New York Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat, criticized Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, saying she has “chosen to surrender control of Columbia to an antisemitic fringe." Torres also said canceling in-person classes is “an admission of failure” by Shafik.

“If you cannot ensure the safety of your students, then you have no business serving as President of any university, let alone the alma mater of Alexander Hamilton,” Torres said in a statement. “What Columbia University needs is not an appeaser of antisemitism but a leader who will fight with moral clarity against it.”

He continued, “That Columbia University has failed its Jewish students so profoundly is an indelible stain on the soul of the institution. If the President of Columbia University cannot lead with moral clarity, then she should step aside for a true leader who can and will.”

Hakeem Jeffries: Antisemitic rhetoric "unacceptable and deeply disturbing"

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday condemned antisemitism amid ongoing protests at Columbia University and other colleges across the US. 

“The antisemitic rhetoric and intimidation deployed by some students and outside protestors on college campuses in New York City and beyond is completely unacceptable and deeply disturbing,” Jeffries, a Democrat who also represents New York, said in a statement. “Every American has the constitutional right to free speech and peaceful assembly in the public square. However, intentionally targeting Jews or any community on the basis of race, religion or ethnicity, acts of harassment and the use of physical violence will never be tolerated.” 

He also said the effort to crush antisemitism and hatred “is not a Democratic or Republican issue. It’s an American issue that should bind us all together.”

“We will continue to do everything possible to protect the Jewish community during this very fraught moment, fight the cancer of antisemitism and redouble our efforts to bring communities together,” Jeffries said.

Trump says Columbia University made “grave mistake” making classes hybrid amid tense demonstrations on campus

From CNN's Kate Sullivan

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he thought leadership at Columbia University made a “grave mistake” in making all classes at its main campus hybrid until the spring semester ends after days of tense demonstrations on campus.

“What's going on with the colleges where they're closing Columbia now? I mean, it's just crazy. Columbia should gain a little strength, a little courage and keep their school open. It's crazy. Because that means the other side wins,” Trump told reporters at Trump Tower as he took a few questions after greeting former Japanese prime minister Taro Aso.

 Trump said, “The people running Columbia have made a grave mistake.”

Barnard students on suspension "no longer have access" to most campus buildings

From CNN's John Towfighi

Barnard President Laura Rosenbury confirmed in a statement yesterday that students on interim suspension "no longer have access to most Barnard buildings."

She said Dean Leslie Grinage is "helping students find alternative housing arrangements when needed."

The statement also said Barnard will consider lifting suspensions for students who have an otherwise clean record and commit to a probationary period.

A Barnard student alleged on X that she was suspended and evicted from housing.

Correction: This post has been updated to correct President Rosenbury's first name. It is Laura.

House Speaker Johnson to visit Columbia University Wednesday

From CNN's Melanie Zanona

House Speaker Mike Johnson will head to Columbia University Wednesday to visit with Jewish students and deliver remarks and hold a press conference “regarding the troubling rise of virulent antisemitism on America’s college campuses,” according to his office.

This comes as pro-Palestinian protests have rocked major American universities, including Columbia. After days of tense demonstrations, Columbia University announced it is  moving to mostly hybrid classes  on its main campus until the end of the semester, April 29.

New York House Republicans have called on Columbia president Minouche Shafik to resign immediately for failing to crack down on the protests.

Students, faculty and staff at University of New Mexico protest in support of Gaza

From CNN's Taylor Romine

Students, faculty and staff at the University of New Mexico started protesting Monday in support of Gaza and have done so peacefully, the university said in a statement Tuesday. 

On Tuesday, "members of our UNM community assembled at the UNM Duck Pond in peaceful protest," the statement said. Some people brought tents and sleeping bags, which is in violation of school policy, and campus police told them citations or arrests would occur if not removed, they said. 

"Police monitored the situation throughout the evening, without incident, and around midnight advised those who were remaining that their tents needed to be taken down or they would be cited," the statement said. "The tents were eventually taken down, with some people remaining at the duck pond."

As of Tuesday, there are about a dozen people at the duck pond with banners and chairs, but no tents, the statement said, and the university continues to monitor the situation. 

"The University is grateful to our entire community for modeling how protests can occur in a way that both upholds freedom of expression and ensures a safe and productive campus environment for everyone," the statement said. 

Students at Columbia University encampment say they plan to occupy until demands are met

From CNN's Omar Jimenez and Taylor Romine

Students occupying the West Lawn at Columbia University said Tuesday they are planning on staying there until the university meets their demands of divestment.

They are asking for a “complete divestment” from anything related to Israel, financial transparency into the university’s investments and amnesty from any disciplinary measures for students participating in the protests.  

“This is what we are here for – calling for an end to genocide and for Columbia to financially divest from the violent Zionist settler entity,” a student who identified themself as W told CNN. 

“We are putting our principles into action, and we plan to continue to do so by being here every day until Columbia divests." 

The group is in negotiations with the university through a legal negotiator, said student organizer Khymani James, who declined to share details of the negotiations.  

When asked about the encampment making Jewish students feel unsafe on campus, W said protesters try their best “to make sure everyone feels safe in the encampment," and their community guidelines “preach and hope for peace continuously.” 

Columbia University officials warn ongoing encampment is in violation of university rules

From CNN's Sara Smart

Columbia University officials warned Tuesday that the ongoing encampment is in violation of university rules — but school leaders have not given specifics on disciplinary actions.

“The safety of our community is our number one priority,” university spokesperson Ben Chang said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “That includes the safety of the encampment that continues to grow. We are watching this closely.”

University officials met with student organizers until 2 am ET Tuesday to discuss the situation, Chang said. “Columbia students have the right to protest but they are not allowed to disrupt campus life or harass and intimidate fellow students and members of our community," he added.

Chang said acts of vandalism, reports of harassment and discrimination have all been reported during the ongoing protest.

Officials will not release the specifics of student suspensions as “disciplinary actions continue” on campus.

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Pro-Palestine protests spread to more colleges with Texas students arrested and encampment erected at USC: Live

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Campus protests over Israel’s war in Gaza have spread across the country. Police are clashing with protesters in New York, at the University of Austin in Texas, and in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California.

After a tense night of negotiations and protests at Columbia University , leaders on campus have agreed to extend talks with pro-Palestinian student protester encampments for another 48 hours.

School administrators initially set a midnight deadline for encampments to disband from campus but changed their tune around 3am after students agreed to remove some tents and non-students as well as stop discriminatory or harassing language among protesters.

Some Jewish students have faced antisemitic harassment leading to safety concerns on campus.

In return, the school will allow talks to continue and delay increasing police presence on the already locked down campus.

The development arrives as the protest encampments at Columbia have spurred similar protests at colleges and universities around the United States including NYU, Yale, the University of Minnesota, the University of California Berkeley and more.

More than 100 people have been arrested at Columbia alone in connection to the protest encampments which are asking the school to divest financial ties to the war in Gaza .

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Video online showed a man who identified himself as a photographer for Fox7 being led away from demonstrations by police in Austin, Texas.

The man, who appeared to have been covering the student protests at the University of Austin, said that his name was Carlos and that he had been accused of hitting a police officer.

“They were pushing me and they say I hit an officer,” he said. “This has never happened to me, I was covering things and they were pushing. I told them I was the press... this [guy] says I was hitting an officer, I wasn’t hitting nobody.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges US campus protests, calls them ‘horrific’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a condemnation of the protests taking place at universities across the nation.

“What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific,” he said, according to NBC News.

He called the protesters, who are voicing their opposition to Israel’s treatment of Palestinians during its ongoing war in Gaza, an “antisemitic mob”.

“It has to be condemned and condemned unequivocally. But that’s not what happened. The response of several university presidents was shameful,” Mr Netanyahu said.

WATCH: The Independent questions White House on IDF sanctions

Columbia spokesperson says negotiations with students will continue, and that the school never planned to call in the national guard.

The Columbia University Office of Public Affairs held a press briefing shortly after House Speaker Mike Johnson left the campus.

Mr Johnson called for the resignation of the university's president, Minouche Shafik, if she could not immediately quash the ongoing pro-Palestine protests occurring on campus.

Ben Chang, the Vice President for Communications and Spokesperson for Columbia University, addressed reporters, saying the ongoing protests were in violation of university rules, "full stop," but said the administration would continue its negotiations with students to resolve the issues on campus.

Mr Chang confirmed that Ms Shafik met with Mr Johnson, and said that she shared “the representative’s focus on and commitment to the safety and security of all members of the campus community, as she appreciates help from all of those who offer it”.

He said that Columbia was making advancements in negotiations with student protesters. Those include studnet protest leaders agreeing to complying with FDNY safety guidelines and the dismantling of some of the embankment, as well as the exclusion of protesters who are not enrolled at the institution.

He said that the university would continue to negotiate with students over the course of the next 48 hours.

Mr Chang added that there was never any plan for the university to call in the National Guard to break up the protests.

He condemned any and all discriminatory acts toward any student on the campus, and said any reported instances of harassment or intimidation would be investigated by the university and addressed.

Texas DPS appear to bring live ammunition to University of Austin protest

Speaker mike johnson booed at columbia university as he calls for president to quit unless pro-palestine protests quelled.

House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia University today amid ongoing pro-Palestine protests to call for the university’s president to resign and to address Jewish students .

He called the protests “disgusting” and “unnecessary” ahead of his visit. The day before his visit, the UN issued a report that it had found “mass graves” in Gaza , where Palestinians — including women, the elderly, and the wounded — had been found dead. Some of the remains allegedly had their hands bound.

Mr Johnson arrived to chorus of boos and consistent shouts from protesters, including chants of “we can’t hear you.”

Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit

Images from USC pro-Palestine protest

Mike johnson calls on columbia university president to resign to chorus of boos.

House Speaker Mike Johnson called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign for her "failure," in his estimation, to protect Jewish students on campus.

Mr Johnson said she should step down unless she could immediately end the protests on campus.

He was met with a loud chorus of boos after calling for her resignation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls all US pro-Palestine protests ‘anti-semitic’ and protesters ‘lawless agitators’ during Columbia University visit

House Speaker Mike Johnson visited Columbia University today amid ongoing pro-Palestine protests to call for the university's president to resign and to address Jewish students.

He called the protests "disgusting" and "unnecessary" ahead of his visit. The day before his visit, the UN issued a report that it had found "mass graves" in Gaza, where Palestinians — including women, the elderly, and the wounded — had been found dead. Some of the remains allegedly had their hands bound.

Mr Johnson arrived to chorus of boos and consistent shouts from protesters, including chants of "we can't hear you."

He said Israel and Jewish students would "never stand alone" and said the protesters were supporting terrorists and "gnashing their teeth" at the existence of Israel.

Mr Johnson continued, calling the protesters "lawless agitators" and characterised all of the pro-Palestine protests across US campuses as "anti-semitic."

At one point, Mr Johnson stopped his speech due to ongoing chants and said "enjoy your free speech".

Riot police arrest students as Palestine protests spread to colleges in Texas and California

Riot police are arresting students at campuses across the US as protests over Palestine continue to grow.

On Wednesday afternoon, police on horseback arrived at University of Texas at Austin’s campus and began arresting students, according to The Texas Tribune . At least 10 people participating in the protest were detained. The university’s Palestine Solidarity Committee organised the demonstration.

The students were demanding that the institution divest from manufacturers supply Israel weapons in attacks against Palestine. The students gathered at a campus gym with plans to march through the university and hold a sit-in. By 12pm CT, 200 students had banded together.

Riot police arrest students in Texas, California as Palestine protests spread

Large crowd gathers at Columbia University ahead of House Speaker Mike Johnson comments

A large crowd has gathered at Columbia University, where House Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to deliver remarks condemning the pro-Palestine protests on campus and calling for the university president’s resignation.

Greg Abbott’s DPS troopers declare all University of Austin protesters are trespassing and any who remain will be arrested

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers sent to the University of Austin by Governor Greg Abbott to quash a pro-Palestine protest have declared all of the demonstrators to be trespassing.

DPS troopers said they would arrest any protesters who remain after their order to disperse.

WATCH: Police in Austin try to shove protesters away from campus

House speaker mike johnson to address jewish students at the university of columbia shortly.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is visiting Columbia University today amid ongoing protests in support of Palestine. He has called the protests “disgusting” and has called for the university’s president to resign.

He will address Jewish students at the university at 3:45pm today.

Brandeis University extends its deadline for transfers, tells prospective Jewish students it will be ‘free of harassment and Jew-hatred'

Brandeis, a historically Jewish university in Massachusetts, said it would extend its transfer deadline to 31 May for students who want to leave campuses where pro-Palestine protests are occuring.

The university’s president, Ronald D Liebowitz, wrote an open letter, issued on Monday, saying that “Jewish students are being targeted and attacked physically and verbally, preventing them from pursuing their studies and activities outside of class, just because they are Jewish or support Israel”.

He promised that Brandeis would give transfering Jewish studets a campus “free of harassment and Jew-hatred”.

University of Austin protest has ‘tripled in size’ over the last two hours

A journalist on the ground at the University of Austin protest said the demonstration has tripled in size over the last two hours.

He noted that police and Texas Department of Public Safety troops have thus far been unable to stop the protest.

Columbia University student group says university has pledged not to call the NYPD or National Guard on protesters

Students for Justice in Palestine, a Columbia University student organisation, said the university has given them a “written commitment and concession not to call the NYPD or the National Guard” on protesters.

“Student protestors on Columbia’s campus — the majority of whom are Palestinian, Black, brown, and Jewish students from marginalized backgrounds — stood by each other for hours last night, awaiting the outcome of Columbia’s disturbing threat of military or police violence,” the group said, according to NBC News.

The group said it feared another Kent State University incident, citing the 1970 killing of four students protesting the Vietnam War at the hands of the US National Guard.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledges US campus protests, calls them ‘horrific'

Watch: pro-palestine campus protests continue, police clash with protesters at university of southern california in los angeles.

Police are trying to disperse a student protest on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Around 100 protesters were at the demonstration. As police tried to disassemble their embankment, protesters reportedly grabbed their tents and began marching with their tents around a park on the campus.

Rudy Giuliani heckled when visiting Columbia University protests

Donald Trump’s former attorney and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, was heckled when he visited protests at Columbia University on Tuesday.

Mr Giuliani was sitting in a black SUV in an American flag shirt when protesters began yelling for him to be jailed.

“Lock him up! Lock him up!” a heckler yelled. “Rudy Giuliani! Go to jail! New York hates you! The Yankees hate you!”

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers called to disperse student protesters at University of Austin

Governor Greg Abbott has deployed the state’s Department of Public Safety troops to stamp out a student protest on the University of Austin campus.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul says House Speaker Mike Johnson should stay in DC

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said House Speaker Mike Johnson should stay in DC where he is needed ahead of his planned visit to Columbia University today amid ongoing student protests focused on Israel’s war in Gaza.

“I think politicizing this and bringing the entourage to put a spotlight on this is only adding to the division,” Ms Hochul said according to Politico . “A speaker worth the title should really be trying to heal people and not divide them, so I don’t think it adds to anything.”

Mr Johnson is expected to call for the resignation of the university’s president, Minouche Shafik, during his visit.

House Speaker calls campus protests ‘disgusting’ and ‘unacceptable’ ahead of Columbia campus visit

House Speaker Mike Johnson is set to visit Columbia University today amid ongoing student protests aimed at Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

He condemned the protests on Twitter today, calling them “disgusting” and “unacceptable.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly threatened to ‘intervene’ if White House slapped Israel battalion with sanctions

During a radio interview on Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson said he warned National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that he would “intervene” if the White House issued sanctions to an Israeli battalion.

Netzah Yehuda, the battalion, has been accused of abuses that predate the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel. Those abuses include the death of 78-year-old Palestinian-American Omar Assad, who reportedly died of a heart attack after the battalion arrested him.

He was handcuffed, gagged, and forced to lie on his stomach for between 20 minutes to an hour before he died from a stress-induced heart attack, according to a New York Times report.

Despite the fact that even an IDF internal investigation found that the soldiers displayed a “moral failure” and “poor decision-making,” Mr Johnson said he would oppose the sanctions.

“And I’ll tell you what I did, Hugh, and I don’t, I guess I’m breaking news here,” Mr Johnson said. “No one knows this. But I called the White House immediately and talked with Jake Sullivan, and [Secretary of State] Tony Blinken was overseas at the moment.”

He said he made Mr Sullivan “send me an email where he committed to me in writing that it would not affect any of the funding that we were working on to assist Israel in this critical time, and that they would be very judicious in that”.

Mr Johnson will visit Columbia University today, where he is expected to call for the resignation of the university’s president, Minouche Shafik, amid ongoing protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

New York officials say 208 people have been arrested today in connection with campus protests

The Deputy Commissioner for Public Information in New York City released a statement announcing that 208 people were arrested and given summons for disorderly conduct in connection to ongoing campus protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.

“On Wednesday, April 24, 2024, at approximately 1730 hours, police responded to a scheduled demonstration at the Grand Army Plaza, within the confines of the 78 Precinct. There were approximately 208 individuals taken into custody at the Grand Army Plaza in the confines of the 78 Precinct and 1 individual taken into custody at Columbia University within the confines of the 26 Precinct,” the DCPI said in a statement. “208 individuals were released with summonses for Disorderly Conduct.”

NYU journalism professor says police broke up Seder at Palestine support protest under guise of ‘fighting anti-semitism’

Dr Chenjerai Kumanyika, an assistant professor of journalism at NYU, went to support students protesting Israel’s war in Gaza on Tuesday, where he saw police officers break up a Seder and violently arrest students.

“In the spirit of solidarity between Jews and Muslims, they held a Seder at the protest. And there, what the university did was break that up, and somehow call that fighting antisemitism,” Mr Kumanyika told NBC News.

He also said he saw police officers zip tie students and haul them off to police stations.

“All of this is being done under the justification that it is somehow protecting the NYU community. But I think what’s actually going on is that this university wants to avoid the call for divestment, the call for transparency about its investments in Israel. Just the idea that this is about safety is kind of ridiculous, given what I experienced last night,” he said.

University of Southern California students join protest

Students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles is joining with other university students across the US to protest Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.

A statement shared on Instagram from the Divest from Death Coalition, which includes students, faculty and Los Angeles residents, said “our choice of ‘occupation’ draws attention to the complicity of USC in the Israeli occupation, USC’s displacement of the South Central community, and USC being an occupying force on the unneeded land of the Tongva people”.

The group said it was joining the nationwide call by students for universities to make their finances public and to, “divest from Israeli violence” and “defend Palestinians”.

AOC calls out the press for coverage of campus protests a day after a UN report details Israel’s mass graves

On Tuesday, the UN released a report saying inspectors found “mass graves” in Gaza, some of which were allegedly filled with the elderly, the wounded, and women. Some of the Palestinians buried in the mass graves appeared to have had their hands tied before they were killed.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out the press for giving ample air time to cover ongoing campus protests — a topic that is quickly spiraling into a culture war flash point — rather than zeroing in on the discovery of the mass graves.

House Speaker Mike Johnson calls for Columbia president to resign

House Speaker Mike Johnson has called for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign, accusing her of being “weak” and “inept” in her handling of the ongoing protests at the university.

Mr Johnson appeared on the Hugh Hewitt radio show on Wednesday, saying that during a visit to the campus later today he planned to join “with some of my colleagues from the House Republicans from New York to call on the president of the university to resign.”

“This President Shafik has shown to be a very weak, inept leader. They cannot even guarantee the safety of Jewish students? They are expected to run for their lives and stay home from class? It’s maddening,” Mr Johnson said, per Fox News . “What we are seeing on these college campuses across the country is disgusting and unacceptable and every leader in this country, every political official, every citizen of good conscience has to speak out and say that ‘this is not who we are in America.’ And we got to have accountability and that is what my colleagues and I will be working on.”

Earlier this year Mr Johnson pushed to have the faces of Capitol rioters caught on video blurred when the footage is released to the public “in order to protect the innocent,” and he previously insinuated that some of the rioters were just visitors taking a walk in the Capitol.

“I made a commitment immediately after I got the gavel that we would start releasing that,” Mr Johnson said in April, referencing the Capitol riot footage. “Originally we were trying to blur some of the faces to protect the innocent, you know, people who were there and just happened to be walking through the building.”

NY Mayor Eric Adams’ ‘tent’ curiosity shared by far-right figures like Marjorie Taylor Green

New York Mayor Eric Adams insinuated that the protest happening at colleges and universities in New York City may be connected by an outside influence.

“People who peacefully protest for an issue, they’re not throwing bottles and chairs,” Mr Adams said. “There are people who come, they have nothing to do with an issue and they want to aggravate.”

There is no factual evidence to support the idea that an outside influence is infiltrating college or university pro-Palestinian protests in order to make them more aggressive.

But Mr Adams offered some possible evidence to his theory: “Why is everybody’s tent the same?” he said. “Was there a fire sale on these things?”

He wasn’t the only one to make that observation; far-right Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ian Michael Cheong, a Malaysian man who blogs about conservative politics in the US, both hinted at some kind of conspiracy concerning the tents.

Brown University begins protest encampment

Students at Brown University have begun a protest encampment on their campus in solidarity with Palestinians as well as other college and university students.

In a social media post, the students have asked Brown University to divest its endowment from companies “profiting from the genocide in Gaza and the broader Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.”

They’ve also asked the university to drop charges against the 41 students arrested in December for a sit-in and end the university’s use of the criminal justice system to penalize student protests.

At least 100 arrested in Brooklyn during pro-Palestine protest

At least 100 people were arrested during a pro-Palestine protest near Chuck Schumer’s home in Brooklyn last night.

On the second night of Passover, a massive group of people, organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, gathered near Prospect Park to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The protesters, wearing shirts that read “Jews Say Cease-Fire Now” laid out a large circular banner showing foods that would appear at a Seder.

Signs reading “Stop Starving Gaza” and “Stop Funding Genocide” appeared in the large crowd.

The protest arrived just after hundreds of people were arrested at New York University and Columbia University for setting up protest encampments in protest of the school’s financial ties to the war in Gaza.

But more arrests were in store after the protest blocked traffic.

The Independent has reached out to the NYPD for comment .

Nancy Pelosi says Netanyahu should ‘resign’

Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former speaker of the house, said on Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should “resign” as Israel faces mounting criticisms for it’s handling of the war in Gaza.

In an interview with Irish news outlet RTÉ , Ms Pelosi said that “We recognize Israel’s right to protect itself” but “we reject the policy and the practice of Netanyahu”.

In response to Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, the country has waged an aggressive campaign to eliminate Hamas, killing thousands of innocent Palestinians and contributing to a humanitarian crisis in the process.

“He should resign. He’s ultimately responsible,” Ms Pelosi said.

The representative questioned Mr Netanyahu’s view on peace and a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

Senate passes bill extending aid to Israel

The US Senate, on Tuesday evening, finally sent a three-pronged aid package with military assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to President Joe Biden’s desk, ending months of delays that administration officials and top brass were increasingly blaming for Ukrainian battlefield casualties.

Senators voted 79-18 for the aid package in a largely bipartisan fashion.

Three pieces of legislation that were part of the national security supplemental passed by the Senate, as well as one piece of sidecar legislation dealing with Russia/Iran sanctions, passed the House on Saturday. Combined, they will provide tens of billions of dollars in security and military assistance to US allies in three regions.

Much of the $26.38bn Israel bill is centred around restocking Israeli munitions required for its defences as well as the siege of Gaza, where Israel is attempting to wipe out Hamas militants. $4bn is included for resupplying the Iron Dome defensive grid, and $1.2bn is include for the so-called “Iron Beam”, a ground-based laser system used to take out drones and missiles.

$3.5bn is set aside to help Israel procure weapon systems, while nearly $7bn is marked for restocking US supplies and funding operations in the region.

But some Democrats expressed disappointment at not being able to have amendments to hold Israel accountable as its military campaign in Gaza after the October 7 attack has led to 34,000 deaths. Independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont had proposed amendments to restore funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and require Israel not receive unfettered assistance.

“I think it’s beyond belief that, on an issue where the majority of the American people don’t want to continue to support Netanyahu’s war machine slaughter of women and children in Gaza, that we couldn’t even get an amendment to deal with that,” he told The Independent earlier in the day.

Mr Sanders’s colleague from Vermont Senator Peter Welch, who supports a ceasefire in Gaza, said that the Senate needed to vote.

“I would have preferred that we have separate votes on each of the items like the House did,” he said, but added that he thought Mr Biden was concerned about reducing civilian casualties.

In photos: Protests at Columbia University ahead of the midnight deadline

Mike johnson to speak at columbia today.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is set to meet with Jewish students at Columbia University today and deliver remarks about the rise of antisemitism on college campuses.

NY Mayor Eric Adams asks ‘why is everybody’s tent the same?'

Icymi: nine people arrest at university of minnesota.

Nine people were arrested on Tuesday at the University of Minnesota after students were asked to disperse a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus.

Early on Tuesday, the group were asked to disperse or face arrests if they chose to stay past the time. Those nine who chose to remain were arrested without incident.

A spokesperson for U of M told CBS News that it “supports and respects free speech through lawful protest,” but that “tents are not allowed on any University property for any purpose without a permit.”

It is unclear if the nine individuals, who were released Tuesday afternoon, were students.

Biden condemns antisemtism at university demonstrations amid campus arrests

President Joe Biden has condemned antisemitic protests at campuses like Columbia University, while at the same time saying people should understand what is happening to the Palestinians.

The remarks came as Columbia held classes virtually after a wave of protests regarding the war in Gaza. Student-led protest encampments garnered national attention, which led to some Jewish students saying they felt unsafe.

“I condemn the antisemitic protests,” he said in response to questions from reporters on Monday. “That’s why I have set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians.”

Faculty seek to censure Columbia president

An organisation of Columbia University and Barnard College professors is calling to censure the school’s president over her handling of pro-Palestine student protests.

The Columbia and Barnard chapter of the American Association of University Professors will submit a censure proposal to the university’s senate, according to the Columbia Spectator , a student newspaper. The university senate, a policy-making body for the school, is made up of administrators, faculty, staff, alumni and students. They are expected to vote as soon as Wednesday on the censure submitted by the faculty members.

The censure condemns university president Minouche Shafik’s decision to ask the New York City Police Department to remove and arrest students staging a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on the campus. Officers arrested some 100 students on Thursday. This decision “violated the fundamental obligations of shared governance,” the censure text, obtained by The Independent , reads.

“We are calling for the censure of President Shafik, not for her resignation,” the censure reads. “We are calling for a recommitment to our core values on the part of our president, her administration, and the Board of Trustees. At the same time we condemn unequivocally any political interference in the governance of our university. That power rightfully belongs in the first instance to the faculty.”

Columbia donor Robert Kraft announces he will pause funding

Watch: columbia faculty walk out after pro-palestinian protesters arrested, in photos: pro-palestine protest in washington square park, new york mayor weighs in on columbia pro-palestine chaos and blames 'organizing effort'.

New York mayor Eric Adams has claimed that there is a “concerted organising effort” amid the various New York campus protests that is seeking to caus unrest in the city.

Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Mr Adams seemed suspicious of tents used in protest encampments.

“[There] is a number of people, who are really trying to use [the protests] to cause violence in our city, and we’re gonna seek them out and we’re gonna identify them,” he said.

He added: “Why is everybody’s tent the same? Was there a fire sale on those tents? There some organizing going on there’s a well concerted organizing effort and what’s the goal of that organizing?

“That’s what we need to be asking ourselves.”

Emerson College students hold encampment protest

Students at Emerson College in Boston have set up tents as part of the protest encampment to stand in solidarity with Palestine and call on the university to divest financial ties to the Gaza war.

Watch: Trump describes college pro-Palestine protests as a ‘disgrace'

University of minnesota student protesters re-establish encampment, where are protest encampments happening.

Across the United States, college and university students are holding protest encampments in solidarity with Palestine amid the Gaza war. Many have called on their institution’s leadership to divest from financial ties to companies that may or may not supply Israel with monetary or military needs.

Protest encampments have taken place at Columbia University, New York University, University of Michigan, University of California – Berkeley, Vanderbilt University, Yale, Rutgers, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, University of Pittsburgh, Emerson College, MIT, University of Maryland, Tufts, Washington University, Standford and more.

In photos: Pro-Palestinian protest at Yale University

Faculty seek to censure columbia president after 100 arrested.

Katie Hawkinson reports:

Faculty seek to censure Columbia president after 100 student protesters arrested

New York Rep compares protests at Columbia to white supremacist rally

New York Representative Dan Goldman said it was “appropriate” to compare “antisemitism” at the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University to the 2017 white supremacist Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

Mr Goldman, who represents New York’s 10th congressional district, said that Jewish students on Columbia’s campus were facing intense antisemitic harassment on campus as students stage protest encampments urging the university to divest financial ties to the Gaza war.

Some Jewish students have come forward with allegations of harassment and a rabbi tied to the university has urged Jewish students to return home while tensions remain high on campus.

He equated that harassment to the antisemitic white supremacist rally in which a group lit torches and chanted “Jews will not replace us” and one man rammed his car into a group of counter-protestors, killing one woman.

“I think the comparison is appropriate. I’m not sure the fact that there was one vicious actor who ran over a woman and killed her means the scenarios are the same or different,” Mr Goldman said.

“The reality is there was horrible antisemitic rhetoric in Charlottesville and there is now horrible antisemitic rhetoric espoused and spoken by either students or agitators at Columbia University. Both of them are unacceptable,” Mr Goldman said.

Students at University of Pittsburgh occupying lawn in protest

A group of people, including University of Pittsburgh students, have set up an encampment protest in solidarity with other college and university students protests across the country in asking their schools to divest from investments that could be supporting to war in Gaza.

Tuesday afternoon, the group of students, and non-affiliates, set up tents outside of the Cathedral of Learning and signs saying, “Free Palestine” and “Stop Genocide.”

Pro-Palestinian student protestors flood Washington Square Park

Students from New York University (NYU) and affiliates are in Washington Square Park to show their solidarity with the 120 people who were arrested last night after demonstrating with protest encampments on the school’s campus.

Harvard students rally with MIT after campus bans pro-Palestine organisation

After Harvard College’s administration suspended a pro-Palestinian group from campus for violating the school’s policy, a group of Harvard students joined MIT’s protest encampment.

Harvard’s Palestinian Solidarity Committee (PSC) was suspended from the college after staging a protest in Harvard Yard with unrecognised student organisers, The Harvard Crimson reported.

Trump calls campus pro-Palestine protests a ‘disgrace’

Donald Trump has branded the pro-Palestine protests sweeping college campuses across the US a “disgrace” as Jewish students are warned to stay home and the Columbia president faces calls to resign.

The former president waded in on the drama as he headed into court for day six of his hush money trial in Manhattan.

Speaking to reporters outside the court, he blamed the escalating protests across college campuses on President Joe Biden, claiming he has been putting out the “wrong signal” on Israel’s ongoing conflict in Gaza.

“He has the wrong tone. He’s got the wrong words. He doesn’t know who he’s backing. And it’s a mess,” Mr Trump told reporters outside the court.

He continued: “The signals he puts out are so bad. And I can tell you he’s no friend of Israel, that’s for sure, and he’s no friend of the Arab world.”

Dan Gooding reports:

Trump calls campus pro-Palestine protests on college campuses a ‘disgrace’

University of Michigan students set up protest encampment

Students at the University of Michigan protesting the Gaza war set up encampments at the Diag on Monday night, following in the footsteps of similar protest encampments at colleges and universities across the United States.

The protest, which called for the school to stop investments in companies tied to Israel and ending the war in Gaza, was peaceful. Though police looked onward nearby there were no “significant” encounters, according to The Detroit Free Press .

Columbia University faculty say they are ‘alarmed’ by university response to protests

Some faculty members in the Department of Sociology at Columbia University have raised concerns about how university leaders treat student protestors, saying they were “alarmed” at the decision to call the NYPD.

In a formal statement, posted on X , 18 faculty members in the sociology department laid out several reasons they are “alarmed” that the university chose to get law enforcement officials involved and then suspend students.

“First, reliable reports (as well as our own eyewitness impressions) are that the student encampment was not violent and did not threaten violence,” the faculty wrote.

They added that the decision to call the NYPD violated the shared governance principle at the university and protecting free expression on campus.

“The relevant Senate committee was not consulted, as required by university rules, but merely notified and the action proceeded despite the Senate committee objecting to it and advising against it,” they wrote.

Faculty members added that the suspension of students “seem to us, irregular, unnecessary and resting on shaky legal ground.”

They asked the university to reverse suspensions but in the meantime said they planned to keep their courses open to suspended students who will receive a final exam and grade to obtain credit.

The open letter included a disclaimer that the view of the faculty members undersigned did not reflect the views of the entire department.

In photos: Protests around Columbia University on Monday night

Nyu faculty and students arrested are released from jail.

As of 8am, the more than 100 faculty, students and community of New York University (NYU) who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest last night have been released from jail, an Instagram account associated with the campus movement said.

Columbia University faculty walkout in solidarity with suspended students

Members of Columbia University’s faculty held a walkout on Monday in solidarity with the approximately 100 students who were arrested and suspended over the weekend for participating in encampment protests.

Teachers held signs that read “Unsuspend our Students” and “Bold. Beautiful. Suspended” in support of student protestors.

Pro-Palestinian protests at the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly), Humboldt have escalated to the point of the school closing campus on Tuesday.

On Monday, approximately 100 students convened near Siemens Hall in protest of the Gaza war and the university’s financial ties to Israel. Later in the afternoon, police were called to the scene due to alleged fights that broke out, according to a local report.

By 5pm PST, students began occupying Siemens Hall. Protestors barricaded themselves inside the building with furniture, blocking entrances and elevators with tents. They also, allegedly, vandalized parts of the building.

Classes were canceled and the courses that were in progress were evacuated.

In a notice to faculty, students and staff, CalPoly Humboldt said that campus was closed and people were “advised to avoid the area of the building, as it is a dangerous and volatile situation.”

“The University is deeply concerned about the safety of the protestors who have barricaded themselves inside the building. The University is urgently asking that the protestors listen to directives from law enforcement that have responded and to peacefully leave the building.”

When protestors refused to leave voluntarily, the building was shut off and police were called in. Around 11pm PST, law enforcement officials arrested students.

Donald Trump calls college and university protests ‘a disgrace’ and blames Biden

Former president Donald Trump called the pro-Palestinian protests at colleges and universities “a disgrace” and blamed President Joe Biden for igniting them with “the wrong signal.”

Before heading into Manhattan Criminal Court for his hush-money trial, Mr Trump held a brief press briefing outside of the courtroom, as he does every day.

“What’s going on at the college level and the colleges Columbia, NYU University, this is a disgrace,” Mr Trump said. “And it’s really on Biden. He has the wrong signal, he has the wrong tone, he’s got the wrong words.”

Mr Trump claimed Mr Biden was “no friend of Israel” nor a “friend of the Arab world”.

“But what he’s done to Israel is abandoned them, and he’s tried to be as nice as he can to the other side – call it the Arab world. But that’s not working either because they get him and he’s an incompetent man. Peace will never happen with a guy like this.”

Columbia University announced on Monday they will be moving the rest of the semester’s classes hybrid as the campus faces growing tensions.

“ Safety is our highest priority as we strive to support our students’ learning and all the required academic operations,” an announcement from the university said.

So long as classroom technology permits, classes on the school’s main campus will be hybrid – meaning classes will be offered the opportunity to move online or in-person.

Arts and practice-based programmes will be in-person with “generous accommodations”. Classes in the medical centre or Manhattanville campus will be in-person with accommodations based on religious reasons or approved disability accommodations.

UC Berkeley students begin sit-in

Monday afternoon, students at the University of California, Berkeley began a sit-in on the steps of Sproul Hall to protest the Gaza war and the school’s financial ties to Israel – as Columbia University students take the national stage for their protest encampments.

Around 10 tents were pitched in the afternoon, according to Berkeley Side .

Students held signs saying, “UC you have blood on your hands” and “Let Gaza live.”

A spokesperson for the university told Berkeley Side that the school has no plans to change its investment policies and practices.

“With three weeks left in the semester, Berkeley is prioritizing students’ academic interests,” Dan Mogulof said. “We will take the steps necessary to ensure the protest does not disrupt the university’s operations.”

Robert Kraft, the CEO of the Kraft Group, announced he will pull funding to Columbia University until “corrective action” is taken to reduce antisemitic harassment on campus amid protests over the Gaza war.

In a post from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism , a nonprofit organisation founded by Mr Kraft, the American businessman said that he is “no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff” and is, “not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken.”

Mr Kraft is an alumna and a longtime donor to the school. His funding helped establish The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life.

NYU requested police presence after student ‘disorderly’ conduct

Dozens of students were arrested on New York University’s (NYU) campus last night after leaders at the university told police that students were “trespassing” and behaving in a “disorderly, disruptive and antagonizing” manner.

NYPD Commissioner Kaz Daughtry posted a photo on X revealing an email NYU leaders sent to the NYPD asking for police pressence on campus.

“ Following negotiations this morning, additional protestors breached our barriers in violation of our clear instructions and we witnessed disorderly, disruptive and antagonizing behavior that has interfered with the safety and security of our community,” an email from an NYU leader said.

“At this point we consider all protestors occupying Gould Plaza to be trespassers and we would like the NYPD to clear the area and take action to remove the protestors.”

Related: Google employees are fired after their pro-Palestinian protests

Google fired 28 employees early last week following protests on Tuesday in the company’s offices against their cloud contract with the Israeli government.

Dozens of Google workers made their way inside Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office at the Sunnyvale office, as well as on the 10th-floor commons in New York City, according to No Tech for Apartheid , the organisation that led the protests.

Google announced that it had since dismissed 28 workers from employment at the company after the protests, claiming they physically hindered the work of others and displayed “unacceptable behaviour”.

“A small number of employee protesters entered and disrupted a few of our locations,” a Google spokesperson told The Independent on Thursday.

Amelia Neath has the story:

Google fires 28 staff after protests against Israeli government contract

ICYMI: National organisation criticizes Columbia president for calling police on students

The Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors criticised school president Minouche Shafik for calling the New York Police Department (NYPD) on student protesters last week.

“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Administration’s suspension of students engaged in peaceful protest and their arrest by the New York City Police Department,” the group said in a statement on Friday.

The NYPD arrested some 100 students last week after Ms Shafik requested their presence on campus. However, Police Chief John Chell later noted that the students who were arrested “were peaceful...and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” per the Columbia Spectator .

On Monday, Columbia faculty also staged a walkout in support of student protesters.

What have people said about the protests at Columbia University?

Columbia University officials have called for students to de-escalate tensions and “rebuild ties”.

Lawmakers on the national stage have also weighed in. “The Squad”, a group of progressive Democrats in the House of Representatives, responded to the protests after Representative Omar’s daughter was detained as part of the Columbia arrests.

Ms Hirsi said that police kept her zip-tied for around seven hours and she spent eight hours in custody. She told Teen Vogue that she was left “homeless and hungry” after Columbia suspended her, blocking her from her dorm and the college dining hall.

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, another Squad member, criticised her arrest.

The Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors also criticised Columbia’s president for calling in the NYPD on student protesters last week.

Several faculty members staged a walkout on Monday to protest the previous week’s arrests, according to Columbia Law Professor Bassam Khawaja .

Meanwhile, a rabbi with Columbia University said Jewish students are not safe on campus. Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is affiliated with Columbia/Barnard Hillel, sent a message to 300 Jewish students warning them to leave campus ahead of Passover on Monday.

“The events of the last few days, especially last night, have made it clear that Columbia University ’s Public Safety and the NYPD cannot guarantee Jewish students’ safety in the face of extreme antisemitism and anarchy,” Rabbi Buechler wrote.

However Columbia/Barnard Hillel, the school’s centre for Jewish life, said that it does not believe students need to leave campus. But the organisation did say school officials and police must “do more to ensure the safety” of Jewish students.

President Joe Biden’s administration also condemned alleged acts of antisemitism on Columbia’s campus .

Columbia suspends in-person classes as arrests made and Jewish students report threats. What’s behind the protests?

All eyes are on New York’s Columbia University as the school contends with pro-Palestinian protests and rising concerns about antisemitism .

The university’s president moved classes online on Monday due to tensions, while one rabbi called for Jewish students to leave campus over fears of antisemitic violence and harassment on Monday, the first day of Passover.

For the past week, hundreds of pro-Palestine student activists have demanded that Columbia divest its financial ties with Israel due to the country’s war in Gaza , launching street demonstrations and building a massive encampment on the college campus, leading the school to call in the New York Police Department (NYPD).

Here’s everything you need to know about the protests at Columbia, and other major US universities:

What’s behind the pro-Palestine demonstrations at Columbia University?

ICYMI: Watch as Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Columbia university lawn as arrests made

Pro-Palestine protesters occupy Columbia university lawn as arrests made

SEE IT: Encampment, protests on Columbia University’s campus

See it: at least 45 people arrested at yale pro-palestine encampments, white house condemns ‘despicable antisemitism’ and ‘terrorist’ rhetoric at columbia pro-palestine protests.

The White House denounced alleged antisemitism at Columbia University ahead of Passover as protests against the war in Gaza persist.

Student demonstrators have demanded that the university divest from “ companies complicit in genocide ” as the country engages in war for the seventh month since the October 7 attacks. The protests have continued into a fifth day on Sunday, but accounts of antisemitism and violent rhetoric have cropped up.

The White House condemned any hate-filled, targeted speech.

“While every American has the right to peaceful protect, calls for violence and physical intimidation targeting Jewish students and the Jewish community are blatantly Antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous – they have absolutely no place on any college campus, or anywhere in the United States of America,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement.

Kelly Rissman more:

White House condemns ‘despicable antisemitism’ at Columbia protests

Students at several east coast schools begin staging similar pro-Palestine encampments

Students at several universities in the Boston, Massachusetts area are staging pro-Palestinian encampments, similar to those at Columbia and Yale this week.

Encampments have been reported at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tufts University and Emerson University, NBC Boston reports.

Students at the University of Michigan are also staging a similar protest.

These protests are cropping up as Columbia University moves classes online on Monday, the beginning of Passover. The New York Police Department arrested some 100 students last week, later noting they were protesting peacefully.

Meanwhile, riot police stormed Yale University and arrested at least 45 students as they staged their own pro-Palestine protest on Monday.

ICYMI: Columbia professor and journalist say no violence during student protests

Keith Gessen, a professor for Columbia Journalism School, backed up an NBC News correspondent who reported she did not see any violence or aggression at the school’s pro-Palestine encampments late last week.

“Our team spent long hours reporting on and around Columbia’s campus on Thursday & Friday...I didn’t see a single instance of violence or aggression on the lawn or at the student encampment,” Antonia Hylton of NBC News wrote on X .

“If you’re watching or sharing videos from the last few days, provide context,” she continued. “The public protests happening on the street are not the same as the encampment inside. Don’t imply students at Columbia/Barnard are involved in events that they were not present or responsible for.”

Mr Gessen re-tweeted her, noting her reporting “is correct.”

These comments come after Columbia University’s president called in the New York Police Department late last week. Officers arrested some 100 students.

Police Chief John Chell later noted that the students who were arrested “were peaceful...and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” per the Columbia Spectator .

ICYMI: Columbia University president warns that some not affiliated with the school are co-opting protests

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik updated students on Monday regarding pro-Palestinian protests on the New York City campus.

“These tensions have been exploited and amplified by individuals who are not affiliated with Columbia who have come to campus to pursue their own agendas,” Ms Shafik said. “We need a reset.”

Ms Shafik announced classes would be virtual on Monday in the same statement.

Last week, the school’s head called in the New York Police Department to arrest some 100 students involved in pro-Palestine protests. Police Chief John Chell later noted that the students who were arrested “were peaceful...and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner,” per the Columbia Spectator .

Yale University president condemns some protesters on campus

Yale University President Peter Salovey sent students an email on Sunday warning the school “will pursue disciplinary actions according to its policies” amid ongoing demonstrations.

“Many of the students participating in the protests, including those conducting counterprotests, have done so peacefully. However, I am aware of reports of egregious behavior, such as intimidation and harassment, pushing those in crowds, removal of the plaza flag, and other harmful acts,” he wrote.

“Yale does not tolerate actions, including remarks, that threaten, harass, or intimidate members of the university’s Jewish, Muslim, and other communities,” he continued.

A day later, riot police stormed Yale’s campus, arresting at least 45 students in connection with the protests.

Ilhan Omar’s daughter claims she’s ‘homeless and hungry’ after Columbia suspension over pro-Palestine protests

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar ‘s daughter said she has been left homeless and hungry since she was reportedly suspended from Barnard College for participating in protests against Israel ‘s war in Gaza .

Isra Hirsi, Ms Omar’s daughter , said she and two of her classmates from Barnard were the first of nearly 100 students protest Israel’s war in Gaza to be suspended following the protest.

Ms Hirsi made the comments in Teen Vogue .

Students from Columbia and Barnard opposed to the ongoing Israeli attacks on Gaza gathered on Wednesday to form an “encampment” on Columbia’s south lawn.

On Thursday morning — approximately 24 hours after the encampment was formed — Ms Hirsi and approximately one hundred others were arrested when Columbia President Minouche Shafik authorised the NYPD to forcibly shut down the demonstration.

Read more from Graig Graziosi :

Ilhan Omar’s daughter claims she was left homeless over pro-Palestine protest

Columbia faculty hold walkout protesting arrests

Several faculty members also staged a walkout on Monday to protest the previous week’s arrests, according to Columbia Law Professor Bassam Khawaja .

The demonstration comes after the Columbia University chapter of the American Association of University Professors also criticised school president Minouche Shafik for calling the New York Police Department (NYPD) on student protesters last week.

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Moscow Metro 2019

Will it be easy to find my way in the Moscow Metro? It is a question many visitors ask themselves before hitting the streets of the Russian capital. As metro is the main means of transport in Moscow – fast, reliable and safe – having some skills in using it will help make your visit more successful and smooth. On top of this, it is the most beautiful metro in the world !

. There are over 220 stations and 15 lines in the Moscow Metro. It is open from 6 am to 1 am. Trains come very frequently: during the rush hour you won't wait for more than 90 seconds! Distances between stations are quite long – 1,5 to 2 or even 3 kilometers. Metro runs inside the city borders only. To get to the airport you will need to take an onground train - Aeroexpress.

RATES AND TICKETS

Paper ticket A fee is fixed and does not depend on how far you go. There are tickets for a number of trips: 1, 2 or 60 trips; or for a number of days: 1, 3 days or a month. Your trips are recorded on a paper ticket. Ifyou buy a ticket for several trips you can share it with your traveling partner passing it from one to the other at the turnstile.

On every station there is cashier and machines (you can switch it to English). Cards and cash are accepted. 1 trip - 55 RUB 2 trips - 110 RUB

Tickets for 60 trips and day passes are available only at the cashier's.

60 rides - 1900 RUB

1 day - 230 RUB 3 days - 438 RUB 30 days - 2170 RUB.

The cheapest way to travel is buying Troyka card . It is a plastic card you can top up for any amount at the machine or at the ticket office. With it every trip costs 38 RUB in the metro and 21 RUB in a bus. You can get the card in any ticket office. Be prepared to leave a deposit of 50 RUB. You can get it back returning the card to the cashier.

SamsungPay, ApplePay and PayPass cards.

One turnstile at every station accept PayPass and payments with phones. It has a sticker with the logos and located next to the security's cabin.

GETTING ORIENTED

At the platfrom you will see one of these signs.

It indicates the line you are at now (line 6), shows the direction train run and the final stations. Numbers below there are of those lines you can change from this line.

In trains, stations are announced in Russian and English. In newer trains there are also visual indication of there you are on the line.

To change lines look for these signs. This one shows the way to line 2.

There are also signs on the platfrom. They will help you to havigate yourself. (To the lines 3 and 5 in this case). 

Moscow Metro Tour

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Moscow metro private tours.

• 2-hour tour $87:  10 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with hotel pick-up and drop-off
• 3-hour tour $137:  20 Must-See Moscow Metro stations with Russian lunch in beautifully-decorated Metro Diner + hotel pick-up and drop off. 
• Metro pass is included in the price of both tours.

Highlight of Metro Tour

• Visit 10 must-see stations of Moscow metro on 2-hr tour and 20 Metro stations on 3-hr tour, including grand Komsomolskaya station with its distinctive Baroque décor, aristocratic Mayakovskaya station with Soviet mosaics, legendary Revolution Square station with 72 bronze sculptures and more!
• Explore Museum of Moscow Metro and learn a ton of technical and historical facts;
• Listen to the secrets about the Metro-2, a secret line supposedly used by the government and KGB;
• Experience a selection of most striking features of Moscow Metro hidden from most tourists and even locals;
• Discover the underground treasure of Russian Soviet past – from mosaics to bronzes, paintings, marble arches, stained glass and even paleontological elements;
• Learn fun stories and myths about Coffee Ring, Zodiac signs of Moscow Metro and more;
• Admire Soviet-era architecture of pre- and post- World War II perious;
• Enjoy panoramic views of Sparrow Hills from Luzhniki Metro Bridge – MetroMost, the only station of Moscow Metro located over water and the highest station above ground level;
• If lucky, catch a unique «Aquarelle Train» – a wheeled picture gallery, brightly painted with images of peony, chrysanthemums, daisies, sunflowers and each car unit is unique;
• Become an expert at navigating the legendary Moscow Metro system;
• Have fun time with a very friendly local;
• + Atmospheric Metro lunch in Moscow’s the only Metro Diner (included in a 3-hr tour)

Hotel Pick-up

Metro stations:.

Komsomolskaya

Novoslobodskaya

Prospekt Mira

Belorusskaya

Mayakovskaya

Novokuznetskaya

Revolution Square

Sparrow Hills

+ for 3-hour tour

Victory Park

Slavic Boulevard

Vystavochnaya

Dostoevskaya

Elektrozavodskaya

Partizanskaya

Museum of Moscow Metro

• Drop-off  at your hotel, Novodevichy Convent, Sparrow Hills or any place you wish
• + Russian lunch  in Metro Diner with artistic metro-style interior for 3-hour tour

Fun facts from our Moscow Metro Tours:

From the very first days of its existence, the Moscow Metro was the object of civil defense, used as a bomb shelter, and designed as a defense for a possible attack on the Soviet Union.

At a depth of 50 to 120 meters lies the second, the coded system of Metro-2 of Moscow subway, which is equipped with everything you need, from food storage to the nuclear button.

According to some sources, the total length of Metro-2 reaches over 150 kilometers.

The Museum was opened on Sportivnaya metro station on November 6, 1967. It features the most interesting models of trains and stations.

Coffee Ring

The first scheme of Moscow Metro looked like a bunch of separate lines. Listen to a myth about Joseph Stalin and the main brown line of Moscow Metro.

Zodiac Metro

According to some astrologers, each of the 12 stops of the Moscow Ring Line corresponds to a particular sign of the zodiac and divides the city into astrological sector.

Astrologers believe that being in a particular zadiac sector of Moscow for a long time, you attract certain energy and events into your life.

Paleontological finds 

Red marble walls of some of the Metro stations hide in themselves petrified inhabitants of ancient seas. Try and find some!

• Every day each car in  Moscow metro passes  more than 600 km, which is the distance from Moscow to St. Petersburg.
• Moscow subway system is the  5th in the intensity  of use (after the subways of Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul and Shanghai).
• The interval in the movement of trains in rush hour is  90 seconds .

What you get:

• + A friend in Moscow.
• + Private & customized Moscow tour.
• + An exciting pastime, not just boring history lessons.
• + An authentic experience of local life.
• + Flexibility during the walking tour: changes can be made at any time to suit individual preferences.
• + Amazing deals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner in the very best cafes & restaurants. Discounts on weekdays (Mon-Fri).
• + A photo session amongst spectacular Moscow scenery that can be treasured for a lifetime.
• + Good value for souvenirs, taxis, and hotels.
• + Expert advice on what to do, where to go, and how to make the most of your time in Moscow.

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