Columbia University’s president resigns in wake of campus protests

[KARAH RUCKER]

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S PRESIDENT MINOUCHE (min-OOSH) SHAFIK (shuh–FEEK) HAS RESIGNED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY — MONTHS AFTER STUDENT PROTESTS OVER THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR TURNED DESTRUCTIVE… LEADING TO MULTIPLE ARRESTS AND WIDESPREAD CRITICISM OVER HOW THE UNIVERSITY HANDLED THE DEMONSTRATIONS.

IN APRIL, MORE THAN 100 PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED… AND AN ON-CAMPUS TENT ENCAMPMENT WAS REMOVED BY NEW YORK CITY POLICE AFTER SHAFIK (shuh–FEEK) GAVE THEM THE GO-AHEAD.

STUDENTS PUSHED BACK — LEADING TO WEEKS OF PROTESTS AND WIDESPREAD TENT ENCAMPMENTS BEFORE STUDENTS ULTIMATELY ENDED UP OCCUPYING THE UNIVERSITY’S HAMILTON HALL.

SHAFIK (shuh–FEEK) — WHO BECAME THE FIRST WOMAN AND PERSON OF COLOR TO LEAD THE UNIVERSITY JUST LAST YEAR — IS THE THIRD IVY LEAGUE PRESIDENT TO STEP DOWN IN RECENT MONTHS AMONG CONCERN OVER ANTISEMITISM ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES.