feel uncomfortable. yesterday, here in new york, the nypd arrested more than 100 students at columbia university who had been camped out on the campuses mainline, calling for the university to divest in its endowment from companies with ties to israel because of the war in gaza. columbia university president minouche shafik herself asked for the nypd to intervene, citing safety concerns. when asked to characterize the protests, nypd chief john schell said that, the students that were arrested were useful, offered no resistance whatsoever, and were saying what they wanted to say in a peaceful manner. that is from the police. so why the crackdown? for years, celebrating the right to protest has been integral to columbia university s brand. lee bollinger, who served as columbia university s president from 2002 on the way up until last year once told the new
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