Emily Pickering
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Columbia University Information Technology is working to resolve a disruption to Columbia’s Wi-Fi network, the Office of Public Affairs announced in a Wednesday statement.
Columbia apologized Wednesday for displaying two signs at the pasta station in John Jay Dining Hall that included “October 7th Blush Sauce” on the daily menu.
Columbia, alongside other U.S. universities, systematically suppressed pro-Palestinian speech, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International USA claims in a Sept. 23 report.
A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked a Department of Homeland Security rule that would have capped student visas at four years and barred many from switching programs or pursuing joint degrees—a policy that alarmed the University, which boasts the largest proportion of international students in the Ivy League.
Ten weeks into her tenure, University President Jennifer Mnookin said she wants Columbia’s campus to be more open, questioned the legality of the federal government’s attacks on higher education, and argued that some candid deliberations require privacy.
In March, School of General Studies Dean Lisa Rosen-Metsch, GS/JTS ’90, announced Columbia’s first residential building dedicated entirely to General Studies students—a long-awaited development at a school where frustrations over housing and strained resources have simmered for years.
Levien Gymnasium reopened for recreational use earlier than anticipated on July 30, the University announced on July 29. The gymnasium is also available for varsity athletes to use as they enter the preseason and prepare to kick off the fall schedule, a University official told Spectator earlier this month.
A federal appeals court reversed a decision on Tuesday that had released Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention. The ruling does not require Mahdawi to return to a detention center—but now, he is potentially at risk for rearrest.