Source: ‘Columbia Will Burn’: Campus Protesters Refuse to Back Down
Student protesters at Columbia University are refusing to back down, taking over a building on the campus in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.
On Monday, students defied a 2 p.m. deadline to leave a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on the university’s campus after negotiations between university officials and the protesters broke down.
The university issued a notice to those in the encampment saying if they left by the deadline and signed a form committing to abide by university policies through June 2025, they could finish the semester in good standing. If they did not, they would be suspended pending further investigation.
In a show of their determination to not back down, student protesters defaced the notices with comments written in red marker, including “Columbia will burn,” “Suspension for Gaza is the highest honor!” and “I ain’t reading all that Free Palestine,” according to posts on social media.
Hundreds of protesters remained after the 2 p.m. deadline passed on Monday, and Columbia later said it had started suspending students.
Then in the early hours of Tuesday morning, at least a dozen protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, one of several buildings that was occupied during a civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protest on the campus in 1968.
哥伦比亚大学的学生抗议者拒绝让步，占领了校园内的一栋建筑，这是反对以色列-哈马斯战争的示威活动的最新升级。在大学官员与抗议者之间的谈判破裂后，周一下午 2 点，学生们抗拒必须在最后期限前离开大学校园内的亲巴勒斯坦抗议营地。 该大学向营地人员发出通知，称如果他们在截止日期前离开并签署一份承诺在 2025 年 6 月之前遵守大学政策的表格，他们就可以正常完成本学期。如果他们不这样做，他们将被停学，等待进一步调查。 为了表明他们不退缩的决心，学生抗议者用红笔在告示上写上，“烧毁哥伦比亚将”、“为加沙停学是最高荣誉！
周一下午 2 点截止时间已过，仍有数百名抗议者留在营地。哥伦比亚大学后来表示已开始开除学生。 周二凌晨，至少有十几名抗议者占领了汉密尔顿大厅，这是 1968 年校园民权和反越战抗议期间被占领的几座建筑之一。
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