Protest

Forty years after rallying against the proposed construction of the Morningside gym, alumni of the 1968 demonstrations returned to protest something else: the Manhattanville expansion.

Why did I join the protest by fasting and was it worth it? Maybe one day I’ll conclude that I was mistaken and the protest misguided: but not now.

I was tired of waiting for my future. I was standing in a line, waiting for my turn to be interviewed at the dreaded U.S. Embassy in Accra.

Manhattanville residents, Columbia students, and community leaders rallied to protest Columbia’s expansion plans and support student hunger strikers on Saturday to the beat of a djembe drum.

Horowitz spoke at Columbia on October 26, 2007. Here are photos of the protests, a panel discussion, and the speech itself.

“Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week” purports to examine a link between Islam, institutionalized violence, and oppression, but its organizers dangerously (if unsurprisingly) conflate extremists who practice Islam with the faith itself—a fallacy sure to negate any potential worth in such a discussion.

The City Planning Commission listened to testimonies about Columbia’s and Community Board 9’s rezoning plans at a public hearing Wednesday.

Photos of the protest against Burmese Junta on October 2, 2007.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s declaration that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” served as the catchphrase of yesterday’s campus walkout protesting incidents of racial injustice, both nationally and at Columbia.

Fifteen students from Columbia’s Burma 88 Coalition, all clad in red, joined activists from across the region to protest the violence against dissidents in Myanmar Monday.