Columbia cited security concerns in canceling the large event, a school official told CNN, and instead is holding smaller ones.
“Canceling the traditional commencement ceremony was one of the toughest calls in a year of many tough calls,” Shafik wrote in an op-ed in the Columbia Daily Spectator, noting her top priority has been the safety of students, faculty and staff.
Fifty people were arrested, and police began the booking process onsite, university spokesperson Tom Vasich said in an email.
Pro-Palestinian protesters had set up a campus encampment on April 29, when the university also called in local law enforcement.
“This is not protest, this is pure hate.”The building’s takeover came a day after the UCB Divest Coalition agreed to end its campus encampment following discussions with university leadership.
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