The Columbia Arabic Debate Club placed fourth in QatarDebate’s fifth United States Arabic Debate Championship last weekend, and Aseel Sharawneh, BC ’25, and Ian Borim, GS ’25, won individual honors for best speaker and fifth place for non-native speaker, respectively. The tournament was the team’s first-ever competition.

Khymani James, CC ’25, who was suspended last year during the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” filed a lawsuit on Friday against the University for discrimination and allegedly breaching their “Tedeschi Rights.”