BREAKING:
LEAKED DOCUMENT from Columbia University admin detailing: 1. Discriminatory Admissions policies for the Tel Aviv Dual Degree program 2. Disproportionate financial aid given to Tel Aviv Dual Degree Students 3. Bias from the Dean of General Studies
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From the report: “These practices suggest a serious and intentional use of general studies institutional aid where TAU Dual Degree Program students receive disproportionately higher funds than others, without the required basis of demonstrated financial need”.
From the report:
“Dean Rosen-Metsch has also convened meetings with GS veterans who served in the Israeli Defense Forces, directing them to counter Pro-Palestine student activities and to disrupt Pro-Palestinian advocacy on campus.”
Per the report:
Columbia General Studies students with highest need (Pell grants, etc): 30-35K maximum
TAU dual degree student regardless of financial need:
50-60K on average
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Two Columbia University students, both IOF soldiers, sprayed a chemical weapon on peaceful protesters. Skunk spray is used on Palestinians in the West Bank by the Israeli occupation. It is known to cause nausea, abdominal pain, and vomiting. @Columbia must take action.
More about skunk water. It is sold as “field tested” because it is used on Palestinians. Several US police departments have purchased it. middleeasteye.net/news/israel-pa…
Dozens of students have given us testimonies of their clothes & hair having the foul smell left even after the initial burst of smells at the protest. The smell only worsens & spreads after being washed. Some students are experiencing nausea & burning eyes, even hours later.
BREAKING: Columbia SJP & JVP break their silence on their illegitimate suspension by the University // 🧵
Columbia University is not just lying to the public, but its own community most of all. They opted to post a factually incorrect “Frequently Asked Questions” page rather than respond directly to the student groups in question.
You can’t have it both ways, @Columbia. Internally, you admit that the suspension was baseless while externally, you continue to lie and malign us without communicating. Which is it?