Columbia University President issues midnight deadline to clear campus encampment

President Minouche Shafik announced the midnight deadline yesterday to reach an agreement. The encampment raises serious safety concerns and disrupts campus life, she added.

In her notification, she said that the small group of faculty, administrators, and University Senators have been in talks with the student organizers to discuss the basis for dismantling the encampment. Those talks are facing a deadline of midnight tonight to reach an agreement, she added.

President Minouche Shafik said she respects the right to demonstrate, fully supports the importance of free speech, and recognizes that many of the protestors have gathered peacefully. However, as per her, the encampment raises serious safety concerns, has created a tense and hostile environment and disrupted campus life.

 

"Earlier today, it leaked that Columbia University threatened in negotiations to SIC THE NATIONAL GUARD ON ITS OWN STUDENTS. This message from CU President Minouche Shafik seems to confirm such as she proclaims that negotiations have a deadline of 12 AM. This is an egregious threat to the student body. Minouche Shafik is dancing with the threat of another Kent State. She would rather her students face deadly force than to divest from Israel’s genocide against Palestinians," says another message on the X platform. 

 

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