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   From: plines@unk.now   
      
   On 25 Mar 2025, useapen  posted some   
   news:XnsB2AD14AD5EFF3BX@135.181.20.170:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Good.  They deserved a wakeup call.   
      
   > "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.   
      
   "Patients".  He meant to say people with questionable "diseases" being   
   experiemented on by students.   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Kick this clown out.  He's already graduated, still living in student   
   housing taking space away from an American, and stabbing America in the   
   back at the same time.  Send him and his supporters back to his homeland.   
      
   > 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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