Daksha Pillai
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Over 50 demonstrators gathered at the Sundial and outside Columbia’s 116th Street and Broadway gates on Monday as part of an “informational picket” organized by Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers.
Barnard President Laura Rosenbury sent an email to the Barnard community on Monday titled “Standing Together,” which outlined next steps for the college following protests and arrests on campus earlier this month. The email introduced a protest mediary team and plans for a revised disciplinary process.
The University expelled Grant Miner, president of the Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers, UAW announced in a Thursday news release. Miner is a Ph.D. student in the department of English and comparative literature.
Interim University President Katrina Armstrong emailed the Columbia community on Monday and addressed the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers near campus.
Nearly four hours after pro-Palestinian protesters set up banners and flags in the lobby of the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning and declared the building the “Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone,” dozens of New York Police Department officers entered campus with helmets and zip ties, arresting nine protesters.