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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Wow — the federal government wants to place Columbia University under a consent decree.
It sounds like this is because former Interim President Katrina Armstrong failed to convince the government that Columbia is serious about change.
“The Trump administration is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put Columbia University into a consent decree, according to people familiar with the matter, an extraordinary step that could significantly escalate the pressure on the school as it battles for federal funding.”
“A consent decree, which can last for years, would give a federal judge responsibility for ensuring Columbia changes its practices along lines laid out by the federal government. If a consent decree is in place, Columbia would have to comply with it. If a judge determines they are out of compliance, the school could be held in contempt of court—punishable by penalties including fines.”
“In order for a consent decree to take effect, Columbia would have to agree to enter it. It is unclear whether the university board has discussed the possibility.”
“Columbia could fight the move in court; the Justice Department would need to prove that the arrangement is warranted. But a court case could take years, and Columbia would likely lose federal funding in the interim—and might ultimately lose. Fighting the move would also open the school up to required depositions and legal fact-finding, which could keep the school’s campus politics in the spotlight.”
“The task force is aiming at the consent decree, people familiar with the matter said, because it doesn’t think Columbia is a good-faith actor willing to make the significant changes on campuses necessary to curb what it believes are civil rights infractions against Jewish students.”
A Brown U. student built a website, “Bloat at Brown,” with a database of about 3,500 university staff and emailed them, asking “what tasks you performed in the past week” and “how Brown students would be impacted if your position was eliminated.”
About 20 people replied. One told him to “f**k off.”
The school advised employees not to respond and referred the student to the disciplinary office (he hasn’t been charged with any violations yet). Then his website was hacked by someone with a Brown IP address.