Columbia University cancels graduation ceremony due to protests against the war in Gaza

The prestigious Columbia Universityat the epicenter of anti-war protests in Linkannounced on Monday that it has canceled the main graduation ceremony that was scheduled to take place next week.

The institution guarantees that “will renounce the ceremony university scheduled for May 15th” and will instead hold a series of smaller-attendance events.

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“We are determined to provide our students with the celebration they deserve and desire”announcement Colombiawhich maintains that “Smaller school events are better for them and their families.”

“We will focus our resources on those ceremonies schools and keep them safe, respectful and in good working order.” O university is already “making a great effort to achieve this objective”, he declared in a statement.

The manifestations against O Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza They rocked campuses all over the world U.S for weeks, provoking strong measures, mass arrests and a directive from the The White House to restore order.

Last week the police entered the campus of University in Colombia expel a group of students who barricaded themselves in a building and dismantle the camp erected in the complex’s gardens.

Protesters demanded that the university center cut all economic ties with Israel and with companies that take advantage war. They also claimed financial transparency.

Source: Elcomercio

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