Since our administration would not fight the Trump administration in court, the faculty had to assume the responsibility of doing so to protect academic freedom. www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
Since our administration would not fight the Trump administration in court, the faculty had to assume the responsibility of doing so to protect academic freedom. www.reuters.com/world/us/col...
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Maybe some folks want this to happen but still want to be thought of as -not an fascist asshole -
“If you’re not going to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while.” Good luck
US administration explainer article: we should not be shocked. Please read and share on - westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Yes please and also why are your students getting legal help from CUNY???
Go profs!
Could someone post a link to the complaint?
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
here’s the docket www.courtlistener.com/docket/69784...
Godspeed! Thank you for doing this! Thank you for your bravery in the face of bullying.
How do we donate to your legal fund?
Join your local AAUP!
Karl, were you Brown '87? Believe it or not, this is Tom Fry, if you remember. Life took a turn and I've been a Buddhist monk for the last 32 years. Thank you for joining in this righteous struggle.
Of course. Been a while! Where are you based?
Southern Colorado. Don't mean to hijack your comments, but nice to "see" you after nearly four decades.
Bravo.
My son did his MBA at Columbia from Canada. He was there the first time the mango mobster was elected, he and many others had their visas pulled and came back to Toronto. This is exactly who trump is. Will never understand why murica rushed to give him all three houses. But they love him....
How does one remove the administration of a university? Asking for a friend....
Thank you. - an alumnus
It may not just be the fact that Trump is ordering, Columbia had a massive disciplinary issue and chaos on campus and if it kept going like that someone, probably somone Jewish, was going to get killed. This way the avoide court and get their problem solved. Its not ideal but hey
Have you seen our campus recently? It is swarming with security; the stories of "unrest" are vast exaggerations by the GOP et al. Students have told me they feel unsafe because of the heavy police presence, not because of their fellow classmates protesting.
Well tragically its called the pendulum swing. Too far in one direction has a reaction of too far in the reaction. Perhaps the only physical laws that happens again and again and again in politics. This all started when some brain stems had the idea to try and control who would access campuses
Thank you!
Thanks to places like Columbia and Paul Weiss.
Good luck, Karl. I don’t think Columbia will get its reputation back, but if it does, it will because of people like you.
Any administration who facilitated the cowardly surrender must be replaced. That'll begin the process of reputational reparation.
You realize it’s what your administration wanted to do anyway, right?
Thank you
Thank you!
Be absent from work and school May 1st 2025! Pass it on! Solidarity 👊
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The wealthy university leaves the defense of academic freedoms to its staff
Truly unbelievable
I'm an alum. I'll never donate to Columbia and I will work to persuade my parents to take them out of their will over this. Thank you for your courage!
God bless you. You will WIN.
It’s very clear that those who hold power want to keep that power at any cost. It’s up to the rest of us collectively to do the hard work. I’m glad you’re stepping up.
Kinda makes you wonder what the hell the point was of adding all that administrative bloat if they can't even be bothered to defend themselves
Bravo!
Wow. Thank you for standing up for all of us!
Awesome. You all deserve major props for this.
You can consult the complaint here: fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldoc...
Wishing you the best in the legal battle ahead! This is incredibly brave.
Columbia has shit the bed it shan’t recover