Columbia President Says Protest ’Largely Peaceful’ After Hundreds Arrested
’Group of Protesters Crossed a New Line’
Occupation of Academic Building ’a Violent act’
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik broke her silence days after the New York Police Department (NYPD) conducted a raid on pro-Palestinian protesters who had taken over an academic building. In a video posted to X on Friday afternoon, Shafik described