The Graduation Ceremony of the University of Columbia, which has only been held for two years after the crown disease, has been re -held for two years. This year, it was suspended again, which made many graduates feel deeply regretful, especially international students who had arranged their families to participate in the graduation ceremony in New York.The pro -Barstan demonstration continued to be controversial after the evening of the evening of April 30. On May 6, the school announced the cancellation of the school -level graduation ceremony and was held by each college.
New York Mayor Adams refers to the "professional external aggressor" that led to the original peaceful demonstration upgrade of Ga University, which is not groundless.The CBS New York Channel quoted high -level data from police that 282 of the arrested Gorno and the demonstrations of the New York Municipal College were more than 30 % of more than 30 years old.The video released by the police shows that the 63 -year -old "demonstration consultant" Lisa Ficcian once appeared on the Coruscle Campus.This may not be the intention of the demonstrator, and in fact the development of the situation is not what they can control.
The student movement on the Cosm's Campus has a long history, and the most famous is the scene in April 1968.At that time, there were two major fuses: the students found that the school secretly cooperated with the US Institute of Defense Analysis and was indirectly involved in the Vietnam War;Entry entry allows them to use a small part of the underlying parts to be accused of racial discrimination.
History is sometimes so amazing. The elder students also occupied the building at that time, and the police cleared the field on April 30.
The Baza conflict has a long history. Fortunately, in the Coruste's campus for many years, the differences between the two sides can still be expressed through rational ways.Before the conflict of Harbin last year, the School of International and Public Affairs organized students to go to Israel each year to visit Jerusalem, Traviv and other places.Some Palestinian students posted that the visiting group only presented the Israeli side.This is one of the ways worthy of advocating the way of expression of opinions. For example, the labels such as "terrorists" and "anti -Jewish" are much healthy.
The lawn of the demonstrators in April this year, the dense seats were set up during the school -level graduation ceremony in previous years.As a result, the school announced in the morning and evening on May 15th.Unfortunately, this day and Palestine's "Nakba" (Nakba "and Israel National Day on this day and the Palestinian National Day.Perhaps the school will not expect that the demonstration will be so serious, but if you know more about the Baza conflict, I believe it will also avoid this sensitive date.
In the spirit of respecting freedom of speech, the school has not been asked much about demonstration activities on campus for a long time.Like many American universities, ordinary public can generally enter the Cordonic Campus at will.But this also means that once there is a demonstration, everyone can join, and it is difficult to easily resolve whether the participants are students or outside school people, which has become a potential security issue.
For example, on the evening of November 28, 2022, some international students responded to the "white paper movement" of China and held a candlelight mourning rally in front of the Gaoda Smart goddess sculpture.At that time, the author in class, when he passed by, saw someone holding a snow -capped mountain lion flag that advocated the "Tibetan independence".Later, I learned that there was another female student who was beaten by a unknown man that night.Obviously, this rally has long been "flavored."
According to the author I saw as a poster posted in the library notice board in April, they will associate the occupation operation in April 2024 and associate with the occupation operation in April 1968, and encourage students to "firstTake down Colombia. "
In April this year, whether the Gorge of Copper really inherited the tradition of demonstration in April 1968, seeing wisdom.An objective fact is that demonstrations do indirectly leading to the cancellation of the school -level graduation ceremony.President Shafik issued a statement on April 29 saying: "A group of the right to express their views cannot be at the cost of the right to speak, teaching and learning by another group."
That's right.However, this year's school -level graduation ceremony was canceled, but few graduates blamed their responsibilities on the demonstrators. More dissatisfaction was that the new principal Shafik asked the police to clear the field, lack of communication with students and faculty members.After all, willing to take the risk of being punished by universities and the bleak employment prospects, and protesting a war of severe humanitarian disasters, it also requires great courage.
Shafik and the school did have some dialogues with the demonstrators, but they did not seem sincere.The author learned in the exchange with many alumni and newly graduated classmates that many people think that the school's communication work this time is very bad, and even hinders the freedom of press.On April 19, Gaowa News College stated on social media that the School of Journalism was committed to press freedom. If the media entered the campus and was rejected, the School of Journalism could be assisted in the campus.
Last year, the author of Chile 13, who graduated from the University of Gaopa Journalism, was in the United States José María Del Pino. He visited the Corusteen Campus in April.In his opinion, the demonstration was rapidly upgraded at the end of April because Shaffick decided to allow the police to intervene on April 18.Heye told the author that from April 17th to 19th, and three days after the occupation of the Hamilton Building and after the clear field, the school banned the media from entering the school for interviews."Shaffick failed miserable in trying to relieve the conflict. In the end, she stirred a national movement."
The Grandson community is generally negatively held in the campus to enter the campus, and it is also a cause.In 2023, in order to resolve a lawsuit involving various police officers, New York City paid $ 114.5 million (about S $ 154 million), which allowed all walks of life to have questioning the police in Pok Tai's law enforcement.According to reports, before the police arrested on April 18, Shafik had consulted the University Senate. Although he was clearly opposed, he was still lonely.On May 16th, the faculty and staff of the School of Culture and Sciences passed a decision against her unrivaled resolution.
also a Senator, a senator, was also absent from the Senate Special General Assembly on May 3, 8th, and 24th to discuss the demonstration of the demonstration.Although she repeatedly spoke through official channels, she missed the opportunity to communicate directly with the Grandma community after the clear field, giving people a rigid impression.
Police have evacuated the Coruscle Campus on May 17.Shaffick temporarily keeps the principal's position, and the demonstration may come to an end with the summer vacation.However, the cracks brought by the recent incident to the Grandma community will undoubtedly take more time healing and test the wisdom of the school.
The author is a local journalist in Lianhe Morning Post, a Columbia University alumni
