Columbia University, After Vowing To Clear Protesters, Flinches and Extends Talks as Students Vie for Their 1968 Moment

Columbia University, my alma mater, reveres its 1968 student protest movement with oral history archives, anniversary celebrations, and professorships for participants.

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Columbia University students at a rally on October 12, 2023 at New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Columbia University, after a night of tense standoffs with pro-Palestinian protesters and a deadline to clear the tents come and gone, flinched, announcing at three this morning that it was extending its negotiations with pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

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