You may remember there was a brief moment back in April when Columbia University finally seemed to be getting serious about dealing with student protesters who were breaking the rules.
The situation at the time was that students had set up a tent camp on campus and the school was giving them an ultimatum to clear out, even saying at one point that they could be expelled if they refused to comply. But instead of going along with the demand, a group of students escalated by taking over a building on campus. The police were called in and they were arrested.
Here were are four months later, the students are returning to school after summer break and contrary to all the tough talk in the spring, it turns out almost no one was punished for their behavior. The House Education and Workforce Committee released the information today.
- Of the 22 students arrested inside Hamilton Hall on April…
