Hate Crime and Cheating at Columbia

pwoods
Thu, 09 May 2013 03:24:55 +0000

Since this news is being picked up by the national media, might as well post it here for prospies and prefrosh:

A Columbia football player was accused of a hate crime after insulting and shoving an Asian student, and a dozen or so Columbia football players were found to be tweeting really disgusting homophobic, racist, and sexist things.
[Sophomore Charged with Hate Crime | Bwog](http://bwog.com/2013/05/07/football-soph-charged-with-hate-crime/)
[Football player charged with hate crime, students shocked by several players? offensive tweets | Columbia Daily Spectator](http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/05/07/nbc-new-york-football-player-charged-hate-crime)

Separately, an English class at Barnard is being investigated for cheating. Though the class is at Barnard, most of the cheating students are reportedly from Columbia.
[Widespread Cheating Scandal At Barnard | Bwog](http://bwog.com/2013/05/07/widespread-cheating-scandal-at-barnard/)
[Most ?Barnard? Cheaters Are Actually Columbia Students | Bwog](http://bwog.com/2013/05/08/most-barnard-cheaters-are-actually-columbia-students/)