Columbia’s Protest Crackdown Is Another Free Speech Blunder

Apr 23 2024 by The Daily Beast

 
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There is a simple solution to the student protests at Columbia University and a growing number of other campuses over the Israel-Hamas war: universities should enforce their own student conduct codes and only ask for police help when a crime has been committed.

The botched response that saw Columbia simultaneously seeking the arrest of students as well as imposing suspensions and expulsions without going through their normal...

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