Columbia University announced on Monday the cancellation of its main commencement ceremony following weeks of anti-Israel protests and encampments on campus.
Protestors — who are demanding the school boycott, divest and sanction Israel over its counteroffensive in Gaza following the Hamas terrorist attack — were threatened with suspensions last week if they did not remove themselves from the encampments. The Ivy League’s administration told students in a press release that it would forgo its university-wide commencement on May 15 to instead celebrate them “individually alongside their peers” via “Class Days and school-level ceremonies.” (RELATED: Columbia University Shifts Classes Online After Pro-Palestinian Protest Takes Over Campus)
“Our students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families,” the…
