<p>On Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/columbia-university" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Columbia University</a> announced it would not go forward with plans to hold the Ivy League institution&#8217;s main graduation ceremony later this month after pro-Palestinian protests caused a major disruption on the New York City campus.</p>
<p>Instead of holding the university-wide event on May 15, the college said feedback from deans and colleagues who have been working with student leaders led to the decision of making school-level ceremonies the &#8220;centerpiece&#8221; of commencement activities with graduates honored individually.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our students emphasized that these smaller-scale, school-based celebrations are most meaningful to them and their families. They are eager to cross the stage to applause and family pride and hear from their school’s invited guest speakers,&#8221; Columbia said in a <a href="https://commencement.columbia.edu/content/announcements" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>.</p>
<p>Columbia also noted that class days and school ceremonies that had been slated to take place for the South Lawn of the Morningside campus — the location where protesters had set up camp  — were relocated to other locations, mostly at the Baker Athletics Complex.</p>
<p>The decision comes days after the New York Police Department <a href="https://abc7ny.com/columbia-university-protests-protesters-occupy-hamilton-hall-hours-after-encampment-deadline/14744812/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent officers</a> to clear Hamilton Hall, which protesters had seized, and the lawn encampment.</p>
<p>Columbia University President Minouche Shafik <a href="https://twitter.com/Fabien_Levy/status/1785489241167790176" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked</a> police to remain present through at least May 17  to &#8220;maintain order and ensure encampments are not re-established.&#8221;</p>
<p>Last month, Columbia became an epicenter for protests in response to the Israel-Hamas war that sprung up at universities across the country. The University of Southern California already opted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/usc-cancels-main-commencement-ceremony-after-far-left-extremists-disrupt-campus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nix</a> its main commencement ceremony.</p>
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<p>As prior efforts to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/04/18/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">uproot tents and detain</a> protesters failed to quell the protests, Colombia shifted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remote learning</a> and <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/04/23/us-news/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hybrid classes</a> at the main campus. Shafik said last week that talks broke down and Columbia <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">would not divest</a> from Israel as the protesters had demanded. Suspensions <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/29/columbia-protest-new-york-00154939" target="_blank" rel="noopener">took place</a> alongside the latest police crackdown.</p>
<p>House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepStefanik/status/1787485714235429113" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> the cancellation of Columbia&#8217;s main commencement event &#8220;an unbelievable failure of leadership after they weakly negotiated with the proHamas terrorist encampment. They have lost control of the school.&#8221;</p>
<p>She added on X, &#8220;Hardworking students and their families will now go without this celebratory event after years of hard work. This is a disgrace and the entire governance of Columbia has failed &#8212; the President and the entire Board.&#8221;</p>

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