Columbia University’s anti-climactic end of the year: Letters to the Editor — May 11, 2024
NY Post
The Issue: Columbia University canceling its commencement ceremony following campus protests.
Columbia University will not have a commencement ceremony for graduates (“ ‘Cowardice’ commences,” May 7).
Supposedly smaller venues are scheduled, but it looks like its president Minouche Shafik has given in to protesters.
Many graduates were looking forward to a true graduation ceremony, but Columbia is surrendering to protesters’ disruptions. This makes it more evident that Shafik should resign because of the mishandling of the protests.
Other universities around the country did exactly the opposite by removing protesters and their camps, plus expelling some student protesters and having them arrested.
About time to give back college campuses to young people who want to learn, not disrupt.
