Tommy-Kimberlin

On a Sunday night in October, air crisp from an afternoon of rain, the 19 current members of Notes and Keys ventured up to the Broadway Sky Lounge (even the place they rehearse sounds swanky!) for rehearsal.

Tomorrow, we’re expecting an on-campus debate between Ann Coulter and Mickey Kaus regarding the state of Trump’s America. The event, hosted by Columbia University College Republicans, brings together two Trump supporters to debate his policies. It has already elicited aggressive reactions from Spectator’s readers, one of whom commented, “Protest like hell.” This recalls the image of the series of talks by white supremacist speakers hosted by CUCR last semester—an initiative most of the students here at Columbia opposed. The first speaker, Tommy Robinson, had his speech interrupted by protesters who were inside the auditorium. The protestors were understandably angered by Robinson’s hatred, racism, and bigotry, and were driven by a desire to promote a safer campus for minority students, including people of color and Muslims like myself.

The Columbia University Marching Band recently defied direct administrative rules banning them from Butler, and the administration has yet to follow up on the infraction. Earlier in the semester, the administration dropped an investigation into protestors at a Columbia University College Republicans event. Many students believe both instances of rule breaking were justified. Are students ever justified in breaking the rules?

In response to events hosted by Columbia University College Republicans that brought conservative, white supremacist speakers Tommy Robinson and Mike Cernovich to campus, the Columbia College Student Council has submitted a formal concern report to the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards.

I’m from Washington, and I live two blocks from the Comet Ping Pong pizzeria. Although the pizzeria has a particularly good pie called the Smoky, it doesn’t have a basement—let alone one with children trapped inside.

The charges against a number of students who interrupted an event featuring white supremacist Tommy Robinson last month have been informally resolved by Executive Vice President for University Life Suzanne Goldberg.

Just two days after conservative media critic and white supremacist Mike Cernovich spoke on campus at an event hosted by the Columbia University College Republicans, about 100 students attended a panel discussion on Wednesday that addressed freedom of speech and the effect of free expression on college campuses.

The Black Students’ Organization has demanded that the Student Governing Board pull funding from the Columbia University College Republicans, citing the recent invitations of white supremacist speakers Tommy Robinson and Mike Cernovich.