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Caving to Trump’s Demands, Columbia University Says It Will Ban Mask-Wearing

Update, March 21: Columbia University claims its mask ban allows for “medical exemptions”; it remains unclear whether such exemptions include people with existing health issues or who currently have an infectious disease, as with North Carolina’s statewide mask ban.

Columbia University Succumbs To Most of Trump’s Demands In Exchange For Federal Funding

The Ivy League school agreed to ramp up its disciplinary process, hire security teams with arrest powers, and appoint an official to oversee departments that offer courses about the Middle East.

March Madness: Qunierly's 27 points lifts No. 6 West Virginia to 78-59 win over 11th-seed Columbia

JJ Quinerly scored 27 points, Jordan Harrison matched a career-high with 23 and sixth-seeded West Virginia led wire-to-wire in a 78-59 victory over 11th-seeded Columbia on Saturday in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament.

Penn unions rally to encourage administration to oppose federal funding cuts, canceling of diversity initiatives

Penn unions delivered a petition that included calls for the university to fill gaps amid federal funding cuts; uphold DEI efforts; and stand up for LGBTQ+ members of the community.

The Trump Administration and Columbia University

I have a piece out in The Dispatch focusing on the earlier actions regarding Columbia University. Both the administration's approach to handling funding cut-offs under the Civil Rights Act and the specific demands being made of Columbia pose extraordinary threat to a pluralistic society and universities as independent centers of scholarly activity and intellectual exchange.

Trump’s war on Columbia comes for Middle East studies

In a letter to Columbia’s president and trustees last week, the Trump administration issued a set of demands that it described as a pre-condition for beginning talks about Columbia’s 'continued financ

Letters: Thanks for showing Canada a bit of love in these tough tariff times

The booing of your National Anthem by a few bad apples does not reflect the views of all Canadians. I love you all. Always will. — Adam Van Zetten, Windsor, Ontario

A hostile takeover at Columbia

Officials from President Trump’s administration this month demanded that Columbia place its Middle East studies department under academic receivership for at least five years as one of several conditions for continuing to receive federal funds.

Records show that Scout's $2B plant construction work is failing to contain pollutants

Richland County has received four environmental violation notices since obtaining a permit last year to discharge stormwater runoff into a nearby water stream.

Spring-like temperatures return for the middle of this week

Once this cold front clears offshore Thursday evening, high pressure builds in behind it, giving us some nice weather for the end of your work week. High temperatures will rebound again this weekend, with highs back in the 70s. Today: Lots of sunshine. Highs in the low and mid-70s.

The Democrats' Civil War

No wonder CNN's latest poll shows Democrats with a record-low favorability rating of 29%: The party is at war with itself, and Democratic voters themselves increasingly dislike what they see from their elected officials and leaders like Schumer. Yet the CNN survey shows only 16% of Democrats think their party is too extreme.

Every American Has a Stake in Columbia’s Fate

The federal government is trying to put the entire private university into a state of receivership, Austin Sarat writes.

Jews must fight the Mahmoud Khalil case

The Trump administration’s harrowing detention of Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil — and the broader repression of student activism on campuses across the country — is being sold

Video shows moment Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil is detained

Officials from President Donald Trump's administration have said Mahmoud Khalil was detained for his purported support of Hamas, a claim his attorneys deny.