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|    Meet the Columbia Radicals Arrested for     |
|    09 Mar 25 08:48:09    |
      XPost: alt.activism.student, alt.education, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh       XPost: sac.politics, talk.politics.guns       From: yourdime@outlook.com              Students were charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and       obstructing governmental administration              https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/IMG_1112-614x491.png              Nearly half the radical activists arrested Wednesday after storming a       Barnard College library are Columbia University students, a Washington       Free Beacon review found.              Of the nine individuals arrested after storming Millstein Library, four       are Columbia students: Gabrielle Wimer, Hannah Puelle, Yunseo Chung, and       Symmes Cannon. One, Tramy Dong, is a Barnard student. Another, Christopher       Holmes, attends Union Theological Seminary, a Columbia affiliate, while       the remaining three appear unassociated with either school. They were       charged with disorderly conduct, trespassing, and obstructing governmental       administration, according to an NYPD spokesman.              Barnard president Laura Ann Rosenbury, however, stressed that the police       weren’t called in because the radicals stormed Milstein Library. Rather,       she felt the building needed to be cleared to protect the broader student       body because of a bomb threat in the building.              The radicals rushed in through a back exit that an accomplice held open,       hoisted an effigy of Rosenbury, and passed out Hamas propaganda. They       refused to leave, even after they were alerted of the bomb threat. Law       enforcement eventually cleared the agitators from the library, but the       protesters refused to clear the courtyard outside and clashed with police.       Officers began making arrests.              Wimer is a medical student at Columbia’s Vagelos College of Physicians and       Surgeons. According to screenshots of her LinkedIn that has since been       deleted, she is "passionate about global health and human rights" and has       "experience in research, program management, and community outreach in       multicultural settings." Wimer is the Class of 2025 president, the       programming coordinator for Columbia’s Human Rights and Asylum Clinic, and       an active member of Columbia’s chapters of White Coats for Black Lives and       Students for a National Health Program, according to an online bio.                     A screenshot of Gabrielle Wimer's LinkedIn before it was deleted.       Puelle is a Columbia senior studying philosophy and sociology. The       Columbia Undergraduate Law Review website listed her as its publisher, but       the page was removed Thursday afternoon. Puelle is also a research       assistant at Columbia’s Labor Lab, according to her LinkedIn. A source       familiar with Puelle said she was a resident adviser in the first-year       residence dormitory John Jay Hall. She is also a member of Columbia’s       Resident Advisers Collective Bargaining Committee, according to the       Columbia Spectator.                     Hannah Puelle's LinkedIn photo.       The third, Chung, is a Columbia junior pursuing her bachelor’s degree in       English and Women’s and Gender Studies. According to a screenshot of her       LinkedIn taken before it was deleted, she is involved in Columbia’s       Criminal Justice Coalition and Columbia’s Queer Alliance and was the       valedictorian of the high school she attended.                     A screenshot of Yunseo Chung's LinkedIn before it was deleted.       Cannon is the deputy editor of Columbia Spectator’s weekly magazine, the       Eye, but the page appears to have been removed.                     A screenshot of Symmes Cannon's page on the Columbia Spectator website       before it was removed.       Even though it was a Barnard building that was stormed, the focus will       likely center more on Columbia because its students make up the bulk of       those arrested. Since President Donald Trump took office, the university       has taken a more aggressive posture toward its anti-Semitic students. In       the past, however, it has been lenient. It dropped the vast majority of       the suspensions leveled against students who participated in illegal anti-       Israel protests last spring, for example.              "We have been notified that four Columbia students were arrested as part       of yesterday’s disruption at Barnard’s Milstein Library and we are working       swiftly through our discipline process. We regret that members of our       community participated in this unacceptable disruption at Barnard," a       Columbia spokeswoman told the Free Beacon. "Any violations of our rules,       policies, and of the law must have consequences. We remain committed to       supporting our Columbia student body of over 36,000 students and our       greater campus community during this challenging time."              Columbia students Wimer, Puelle, Chung, and Cannon did not respond to       requests for comment.              The only Barnard student arrested, Dong, is a junior studying computer       science. She was listed as a communications intern with the Surveillance       Technology Oversight Project, a nonprofit organization working to "fight       against mass surveillance in New York and beyond"—the group’s intern page       was removed Thursday afternoon. According to an online bio, which was also       removed, Dong is "interested in the intersection of technology and       activism, hoping to learn more about surveillance systems and possible       solutions." According to her LinkedIn, she is part of Barnard’s Science       Pathways Scholars Program, a "highly selective four-year program that       supports young students from low-income or first-generation households."                     A screenshot of Tramy Dong's intern bio.       Dong did not respond to a request for comment.              Barnard’s vice president for development and alumnae relations Michael       Farley, however, in a statement claimed that "none of the individuals       arrested on our campus Wednesday evening are Barnard students." It is       unclear if Dong was one of the two students the college expelled for       storming an Israeli history class at Columbia in January and targeting       Jewish students with anti-Semitic flyers. Barnard did not respond to a       request for comment.              The radicals stormed Barnard’s Milbank Hall last week to protest those       expulsions. A third Barnard student was expelled soon after for storming a       Columbia building last spring. The agitators behind Wednesday’s incident       demanded the reversal of all three.              A mob led by Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) and Columbia       Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)—the Ivy League institution's most       anti-Semitic student groups—stormed Barnard’s Milbank Hall on Feb. 26,       sending a security guard to the hospital and causing $30,000 in damages.       CUAD and SJP also took credit for orchestrating Wednesday’s incident at       the Milstein Library.              Once inside, the agitators handed out Hamas propaganda justifying the Oct.       7, 2023, terror attack. They demanded the immediate reversal of the       Barnard students’ expulsions, "amnesty for all students disciplined for       pro-Palestine action," and a complete "abolition of the corrupt Barnard              [continued in next message]              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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