Claire Shipman, Columbia University's Acting President, strongly condemned recent pro-Palestinian protests that led to the occupation of a building and injuries among security personnel. The protests disrupted students' study environments right before exams, with one group occupying a reading room while another created chaos by breaching a door. Shipman criticized the actions as unacceptable, emphasizing they contradict Columbia's values, which include a commitment to rejecting anti-Semitism and violence, and highlighted the distress caused to students during this critical academic period.
Violence and vandalism, hijacking a library, none of that has any place on our campus. These aren't Columbia's values.
Shipman expressed gratitude for the NYPD's assistance, emphasizing the unacceptable nature of the protest actions and their impact on student safety.
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