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It seems that pro-Palestine students at Columbia are organizing a âtuition strikeâ to encourage the school to BDS.
https://bwog.com/2023/12/columbia-students-plan-tuition-strike-call-for-divestment-and-transparency/
You donât pay your tuition, you donât get to attend classes. Maybe they should rename that protest âthe biggest loserâ.
Columbia is spineless. There will be zero consequences for this idiocy.
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Thereâs a question of who we want to control our universities. These articles present a chilling future.
Seems like students would be only hurting themselves with this strike. At my Dâs school if tuition wasnât paid, students couldnât register for classes, get into dorms/buildings, or access their meal plan. And I would think international students would be at risk of being deported.
Great minds think alike 
(see a few posts up)
Unlike Barnard, Columbia seems to have few repercussions for non-payment. Oddly, students return and classes begin before tuition is even due. This isnât the first time thereâs been a âtuitionâ strike at Columbia.
For those interested, strike FAQ
https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1S62J2c8y9K2bty__flxd8bewK4Hw8VS7KKRE5jdwKWU/mobilebasic
Yeah, Stefanik is no foe of antisemitism and as I posted earlier, the worst mistake Jewish families could make is adopting an âenemy of my enemyâ approach to the present crisis. Antisemites and islamophobes are often the same people.
While I havenât read all of this thread, has anyone discussed the 60 Minutes piece (12/3/23) that compared and contrasted how Columbia vs Dartmouth handled this explosive situation?
It seems to me, people should be talking about how well Dartmouth behaved and how their leadership should be an example for the rest of the Ivies, rather than talking about the obvious shortcomings of their peer institutions.
Yes, thereâs a substring that begins here:
Iâd also give a shout out to Wesleyan University, a similarly sized college/university hybrid where itâs less easy for stakeholders to hide inside various silos:
I bet dollars to doughnuts most of those signing donât even pay tuition.
â50% of Columbia students receive grants from Columbia and the average amount awarded is $62,850.â
They should instead protest by refusing rich donorsâ money.
So do yâall think she will survive the bombshell plagiarism allegations?
Somehow, I have the feeling that a lot of the participants in the anti-Israel, anti-Semitic coalition are not necessarily paying tuition. But this is a fantastic idea, because if you donât pay your tuition, you donât get to stay in college! In the memorable words of mayor Ed Koch, when the anti-semitic, corrupt UN threatened to leave NYC, âWeâll be down at the docks, waving you a fond farewell!â
Oh dear. If you look at the comparison of the original work to her work, itâs pretty damning that she plagiarized. An undergrad caught at this would have to go before the honor board. A PhD student caught at this would probably be thrown out of the program. No, I donât think that she will survive this.
Do you have a source other than Christopher Rufo? It could very well be true, but I wouldnât consider him an unbiased or reliable source.