Columbia University will do more to push back against radical anti-Israel demonstrations and radicalization on campus after the Trump administration revoked $400 million in federal funding for the Ivy League school.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Columbia’s administration agreed to President Donald Trump’s list of demands, including banning masks from being worn on campus for anything other than health or religious reasons and empowering 36 campus police officers to arrest student agitators. The university will also appoint a senior vice provost to oversee Columbia’s Middle East Department and Center for Palestine Studies, along with South Asian and African Studies.
According to the WSJ, a senior administrator at Columbia said the school considered fighting back against Trump’s demands, but concluded that going up against the federal government on this issue…
