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Out: Columbia President Becomes Latest College Head to Resign After Pro-Hamas Protests Swept Campus

It’s rare that the right and left can come together and agree on something, particularly when it regards Israel and Hamas.
But, on Wednesday night, both sides could celebrate a victory: Minouche Shafik is out as the president of Columbia University.
Shafik, who was president of the school for only 13 months, resigned after a series of pro-Gaza protests, which often turned violent, rocked the New York City campus.

As The New York Times noted, Jewish students said they felt unsafe and unsupported, while pro-Hamas protesters were roiled over Shafik’s decision to bring in police to break up a violent encampment that had spread out across campus and taken over an academic building, as The Wall Street Journal reported.
“This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our commun …

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