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flashman13

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5. What the hell has happened to the student body of Columbia, home of The Strawberry Statement?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Mar 30, 2025, 11:48 AM

Mar 30

Apparently Columbia is now the home of a Vichy sell out. Students just don't care about injustice any longer? I'm appalled.

Is it going to take another Kent State to wake people up?

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Columbia University alumni rip up their diplomas in protest of school and leadership [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 30 OP

I'm an alum and started calling it Vichy University. Sanity Claws Mar 30 #1

Me too for my grad degree. Our quisling alma mater. Scrivener7 Mar 30 #2

I wonder whether Columbia will lose more from future donations than the would have lost by defying Trump. Lonestarblue Mar 30 #3

They have billions in endowment money. They should have been able to forego the grant money. Scrivener7 Mar 30 #4

What the hell has happened to the student body of Columbia, home of The Strawberry Statement? flashman13 Mar 30 #5

Their school of Journalism used to be renowned BumRushDaShow Mar 30 #6

Ripping up the diplomas is a nice gesture. Igel Mar 30 #7

You can order another one from the registrar's office Prairie Gates Mar 30 #8