The incitement to violence charge against the president concerns the lead-up to that meeting and the aftermath of the vote (seen above):
The cyber theft charge accuses her of “stealing the Central Student Government Instagram account” by changing the password after the meeting:
The dereliction of duty charge is the longest and alleges several failings on the part of the president — not submitting reports, misleading other members, failing to attend meetings, etc.
Similar charges for incitement to violence and dereliction of duty (but not cyber theft) were filed against the vice-president:
The executives (who call themselves “Shut It Down”) had earlier released a statement refusing to resign, saying “We occupy CSG not to maintain the system, but to dismantle it in pursuit of global liberation.”
Now it seems they’re being shut down, and their occupation will end.
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Progressives continue to acknowledge the failure of their vision of immigration:
“Parts of the left have ignored a basic truth: The ability to control borders, to decide who does and does not come into a country, is central to a democracy. Without that ability, the citizens of a nation lose control over it.”
“Less affluent voters have questioned the impact of mass migration for years, worried about its impact on housing, public services, wages and communities. The response of urban progressives…has often been to denounce working-class voters as narrow-minded or racist.”
“The left has de-emphasized class in favor of other characteristics and alienated many working-class voters.”
“The starting point for a new progressive future can be the idea of a community that provides security and opportunity, and to which we owe as much as we expect from it.”
🧵I attended a not-for-attribution call yesterday about the situation inside Columbia.
The key takeaway is that a lot of people, probably a majority, are done with the protestors and the corrupt faculty who support them. They want change.
People just want to get back to teaching and researching. They know the cancelled grants are gone for good, but they want to get back on track ASAP so they can apply for new federal grants.
It is not lost on them that the funding cuts have hurt the science and medical divisions when all the humanities (plus social work, etc.).
The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare pulled Columbia’s funding because it hadn’t provided sufficient evidence that it was not discriminating: