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   MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS, Manhattan (WABC) -- Reaction is pouring in after   
   Columbia University agreed to the Trump administration's demands to   
   restore $400 million in federal funding to the school.   
      
   The agreement comes after the university posted four-page memo entitled   
   "Advancing Our Work to Combat Discrimination, Harassment, and Antisemitism   
   at Columbia," raising alarms to those opposing the idea that the federal   
   government should dictate university's academic affairs.   
      
   Among the White House demands include Columbia implementing a mask ban for   
   protests, giving campus officers the power to make arrests and adopting a   
   formal definition of antisemitism.   
      
   Columbia agreed to the changes after President Trump withheld hundreds of   
   millions of dollars of federal funding, a move that's already impacting   
   university researchers, who say their patients are the unintended victims.   
      
   "I've been hearing from patients over the past few days, you know, what   
   does this mean for me? You promised me that you were going to try to get   
   to the bottom of this, and now, I don't know," said Dr. Ian Lipkin, who   
   heads up Columbia University's Center for Solutions for ME/CFS -- a   
   chronic and debilitating disease.   
      
   The New York Civil Liberties Union released a statement in response to   
   Columbia's agreement with the Trump administration.   
      
   "By giving in to the Trump administration's demands, Columbia sets a   
   dangerous precedent that normalizes government intrusion on academic   
   freedom and student expression," NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman   
   said. "Instead of standing up for academic freedom, its core mission, and   
   its faculty and students, Columbia has capitulated to the bullies. The law   
   was on Columbia's side, but the university hasn't given the slightest   
   public hint of resistance."   
      
   Meanwhile, an event is planned for Saturday night at the New York Society   
   for Ethical Culture over the detention of Columbia graduate student and   
   pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.   
      
   Khalil briefly appeared in a courtroom in Louisiana on Friday, as his   
   defense team works to get him out of federal custody. The judge issued a   
   continuance in Khalil's immigration proceedings until April 8 to give   
   lawyers more time to prepare.   
      
   The activist was detained by federal agents earlier this month. Khalil has   
   a green card and is a legal U.S. resident.   
      
   https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-education-politics-reaction-columbia-   
   university-agrees-trump-administration-demands-restore-federal-   
   funding/16068092/   
      
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