
Students React to Columbia University Suspension of Pro-Palestine Protestors
Published on April 30, 2024
When Leo Elkins arrived in class at Columbia University on Monday, April 29, only a third of his fellow classmates were in attendance. Mr. Elkins, who is Jewish, is in his junior year majoring in history. “I want the school to take down the protest camps so we can live normal lives again, study, and actually get an education like we’re supposed to,” Mr. Elkins told The Epoch Times. “But if the police come in, it’ll probably make it a bigger issue internationally, so maybe that’s not a good idea.” Today marks the 11th day the university in New York has been under siege by pro-Palestinian students and outsiders who are occupying the lawn in the middle of campus where graduation ceremonies are scheduled to take place on May 15....
