Campus protests were a missed opportunity - opinion

Columbia University could've held a beautiful graduation ceremony, highlighting its unity even amid tough times. Instead it rewarded scare tactics and fearmongers.

By FUNDING American universities, small sates, the Qataris are spreading an antisemitic and antidemocratic ideology, which amounts to a strategic threat to democratic societies. Here, a demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest earlier this month.

By FUNDING American universities, small sates, the Qataris are spreading an antisemitic and antidemocratic ideology, which amounts to a strategic threat to democratic societies. Here, a demonstrator holds a placard as students from Columbia University protest earlier this month.

(photo credit: BRENDAN MCDERMID/REUTERS)

ByJONATHAN HAROUNOFF , JESSICA SCHWALB

MAY 19, 2024 00:07

Updated: MAY 20, 2024 18:15

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