Molly Bordoff
University News Staff Writer
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Columbia placed over 65 students on interim suspension and barred 33 individuals from campus for their alleged participation in a Wednesday pro-Palestinian demonstration at Butler Library, a University official confirmed to Spectator on Friday.
When Adam Lehodey, GS ’25, assumed leadership of Columbia University College Republicans, his focus was on rebuilding the club from what he called “not very effective leadership.” He specified that previously, the club did not hold many events, and while the events they did organize were good enough, they were more focused on bringing in very conservative speakers.
After polls closed on April 21 at 5 p.m., Columbia undergraduates had elected five new students to the University Senate—three from Columbia College, one from the School of General Studies, and one from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
The co-chairs of the University Senate student affairs committee expressed concerns over threats to shared governance in a Monday email to the Columbia community following an announcement from acting University President Claire Shipman, CC ’86, SIPA ’94, that there will be a review of the senate.
Dozens of demonstrators gathered at the Sundial on April 2 for a picket organized by Student Workers of Columbia-United Auto Workers to demand open bargaining. The University refused to allow the union to broadcast its negotiations over Zoom at its March 28 bargaining session, according to the union.