"Violence and vandalism, hijacking a library, none of that has any place on our campus. These aren't Columbia's values." The post Columbia’s Acting President Outraged By Latest Pro-Palestinian Protests on Campus: I’m ‘Heartbroken and Incensed’ first appeared on Mediaite.

A Columbia official said more than 65 Columbia students were placed on “interim suspension pending further investigation.” A total of 33 people, including from affiliated institutions, were barred from Columbia’s campus. Alumni who joined the demonstration were also barred from campus, the university official said.

Columbia University has escalated its crackdown on pro-Palestine demonstrators, suspending students and banning alumni after a peaceful protest inside Butler Library — a move critics say mirrors growing US authoritarianism against dissent.