Barnard President Laura Rosenbury was inaugurated on February 2, eight months into a tenure in which students, faculty, and civil liberties organizations have criticized her for suppressing pro-Palestinian speech and academic freedom.
Nearly two dozen students say they were sprayed with a hazardous, foul-smelling chemical while attending a pro-Palestinian “divestment now” rally on Low Steps on Friday, Spectator reported Monday morning.
Description: On Saturdays and Sundays, the area around Montefiore Park in West Harlem becomes an open air market. Street vendors sell everything from household necessities to books and antique vinyl records—some of the 20,000 across the city who face unpredictable weather, police harassment, and an ineffective permit system every day as they seek to make a living.