Two days ago we learned that Columbia University had finally completed hearings for students who were involved in a campus building takeover last April. Why it took the school a year is anyone’s guess but what the announcement did not say is what the results of those hearings was. The school had threatened students involved in the takeover of Hamilton Hall with expulsion at the time. Yesterday they announced a series of punishments including some expulsions.
Today, the Columbia University Judicial Board determined findings and issued sanctions to students ranging from multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions related to the occupation of Hamilton Hall last spring.
The school did not identify how many students were involved but once again Columbia University Apartheid Divest has done that, saying there were 22 students in all. They…
