Rise and Resist, a direct action group, held a press conference in Foley Square on Wednesday to speak out against the Manhattan district attorney’s office for dismissing a felony assault case against Reuven Kahane.

The New York Police Department arrested a suspect in the Dec. 9 alleged robbery and hate crime against a Columbia student on Monday morning and charged him with robbery in the third degree and robbery in the third degree as a hate crime.

The General Studies Student Council adopted a statement on Nov. 12 to pursue a Universitywide MetroCard subsidy program to support students with financial need. The proposed program comes after years of financial strain on commuter students at the School of General Studies and calls for greater transit funding from the University.

Panelists gathered in the Low Library Rotunda on Thursday to discuss the media’s role in shaping the 2024 presidential election in an event co-sponsored by the Journalism School and the School of International and Public Affairs’ Institute of Global Politics.