Every single time the @USTreasury sanctions another batch of organizations for terror support, at least one of them is somehow tied to @Columbia. Every time. It's the most predictable thing in the world, and Columbia is doing nothing to change that. The rot runs deep.
Meet Tim Paine, an adjunct professor of Computer Science at @Columbia. He teaches a required Introductory Python class every other semester. He also frequently reposts messages of deep hatred for Israeli nationals and calls for violence on social media. How can Israeli students at Columbia expect fair treatment from a professor who clearly holds them in contempt? He should be fired.
More posts that @Columbia CS Prof. Tim Paine reposted, including one comparing Tel Aviv beachgoers to Nazis and another mocking the Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
Some more posts reposted by @Columbia Prof. Tim Paine, including one mocking Jewish Americans.
🧵THREAD: Two days ago, the Treasury Dept. designated Addameer as a sham charity for the PFLP, a designated terrorist organization. Turns out, @Columbia and @BarnardCollege have previously hosted Addameer, despite concerns from Jewish groups on campus. Support for terrorism on campus didn't materialize overnight – it's been in the works for many years.
In 2018, JVP NY hosted Addameer on @BarnardCollege's campus. At the time, it was already widely known that numerous Addameer employees had ties to the PFLP.
The event was advertised by Samidoun, which was designated a sham charity for the PFLP in October. Members of Samidoun participated in the March 2024 Resistance 101 event at @Columbia, including Specially Designated terrorist Khaled Barakat, who talked about his friends in Hamas.
🚨THREAD: We read through @HHSOCR and ED OCR's Joint Notice of Violation concluding that @Columbia has violated Title VI. After a lengthy factual review, along with previously undisclosed information of how Columbia handled various discrimination complaints (or failed to do so), it concludes that "Columbia University acted with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment in violation of Title VI". Finally, it states that HHS OCR "will refer this matter to the Department of Justice as soon as allowed under the regulations" – three days from now.🧵
The notice starts with a lengthy factual review. While most of the incidents were previously reported, the notice contains new information regarding @Columbia's internal investigations into these events. Several incidents seem to have lacked follow-up or disciplinary outcomes.
For example, several complaints were filed about the unauthorized Oct. 7th, 2024 march around campus. While @Columbia's OIE initiated an investigation in Nov. 2024, six months later, there is no indication in the reviewed materials as to the outcome.
THREAD: Many have described @Columbia’s response to the government’s conditions for returning funding as a “total capitulation”. It’s not. While there are some positive changes, let’s go through the response point by point, and discuss the good, the bad, and what’s missing. 🧵
First, note that @WSJ reported that @Columbia was considering reforms on the government’s list since summer, and that there was “considerable overlap between needed campus changes” and the demands. It’s disappointing that it took governmental pressure to implement these changes.
Enforcement of disciplinary policies: The government asked @Columbia to complete disciplinary proceedings for the encampments and the takeover of Hamilton Hall. Columbia responded that they did that, and are continuing disciplinary proceedings. Unfortunately, that’s not the full story: Columbia has declined to discipline students who participated in the second encampment (which was set up on the opposite lawn after NYPD cleared the first one, and lasted much longer). Additionally, the appeals process for resolved disciplinary cases is still ongoing. Finally, participants who were arrested in the first encampment were let off with no additional punishment beyond the interim suspensions they had served.
🚨NEW: A shocking report from the @nypost announces a new federal investigation into @Columbia after janitors trapped in the Hamilton Hall occupation reported retaliatory harassment for reporting antisemitic conduct. Let's break it down. 🧵 nypost.com/2025/03/17/us-…
Lester Wilson and Mario Torres, two janitors who work @Columbia, started noticing an increase in racist and antisemitic graffiti in Nov. 2023. “No matter how many times Mr. Wilson removed the swastikas, individuals kept replacing them with more.”
Mr. Wilson lost track of how many swastikas he had to scrub, while Mr. Torres "pegged it in the dozens". Despite reporting it to his superiors, @Columbia did nothing, so Mr. Torres started throwing away chalk left in classrooms so the vandals wouldn't have anything to write with.
THREAD: There’s a lot of misinformation running around about Grant Miner, president of @Columbia’s graduate student union, and the reason for his expulsion. @UAW and other orgs have been trying to turn this into a labor or free speech issue. It’s not. Let’s clear things up. 🧵
First, let’s make things clear. Grant is not a “peace activist”. On Oct 9th, 2023, he was photographed at a protest holding a sign justifying Oct 7th: “Resistance against occupation is a human right!”. Oct 7th was not "resistance", it was terrorism.
On Oct 12th, 2023, Grant, then vice president of the union, sent an email to the union supporting a statement praising Oct 7th. Grant called Hamas a "militant group" and Oct 7th a "military action". Instead of supporting Jewish union members, Grant actively made their lives worse