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‘Irrevocably Shaken’: Editors of Columbia Law Review Demand Cancellation of Exams, Citing Trauma Caused by Police Presence on Campus Editors say the ‘violence’ has left them upset and ‘unable to focus’
WFB ^ | 4.2.24 | Aaron Sibarium

Posted on 05/03/2024 7:22:03 AM PDT by conservative98

The student editors of the Columbia Law Review issued a statement on Wednesday urging Columbia Law School to cancel exams in the wake of the police operation that cleared the university’s unauthorized encampment, saying the "violence" had left them "irrevocably shaken" and "unable to focus."

The statement, which represents the majority opinion of the editorial board and was endorsed by five other law journals, including the Columbia Human Rights Law Review & A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual, accused the police of "brutalizing" students—though no major injuries have been reported—and claimed that canceling exams was a "proportionate response" to the "distress our peers have been feeling."

"The current exam policy raises concerns around equity and academic integrity," the statement said. "Many are unwell at this time and cannot study or concentrate while their peers are being hauled to jail."

The statement also accuses members of a "white supremacist, neo-fascist hate group" of "storming" campus—an apparent reference to a pro-Israel rally organized by Christian Zionists, including the evangelical musician Sean Feucht, who gathered outside of Columbia’s gates on April 25 for hymns and prayer.

"We do not think it is inconsistent with being a leading voice in legal academia and legal scholarship to prioritize students’ health and safety," the statement said.

Columbia Law School told the Washington Free Beacon it had no plans to cancel exams, which it said would be administered "through the conclusion of the exam period."

The law review’s editor in chief is Alexandria Iraheta Sousa, a second-year law student who has worked for numerous progressive nonprofits, including a dark money group, Demand Justice, that advocates court packing. She did not respond to a request for comment.

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If the law school won’t cancel exams, the editors say it should at least make all courses pass/fail—a move that would make it impossible to differentiate between those who ace their tests and those who barely pass them.

"Instituting an optional Pass/Fail policy is not really optional when employers will see that some students have grades and others do not," the statement argues. "[T]his leaves room for the introduction of extreme bias into the hiring process."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alexandriasousa; antiamerican; antiisrael; columbia; columbialaw; columbialawschool; domesticterrorists; enemieslist; enemycombatants; hamas; lawschool; prohamas; terrorists; universities
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1 posted on 05/03/2024 7:22:03 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

They should be dragged to a public square and beaten with sticks until they get over their trauma.


2 posted on 05/03/2024 7:23:09 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: conservative98

their plan all along... can’t pass your class? cause chaos.


3 posted on 05/03/2024 7:23:53 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: conservative98

“irrevocably”

I guess they should just leave, then.


4 posted on 05/03/2024 7:24:38 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: conservative98

Time to “man up” children...Mommy and daddy are paying for your stupidity.


5 posted on 05/03/2024 7:25:01 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: conservative98

Then you “shirley” wouldn’t mind paying for another semester to make up the exams in the next semester.


6 posted on 05/03/2024 7:25:47 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: conservative98

Seems like they wouldn’t be able to handle the stress of being a lawyer. This should go on their permanent record.


7 posted on 05/03/2024 7:26:01 AM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: conservative98

Better to say expel protesters first so that the serious students can get back to work.


9 posted on 05/03/2024 7:26:32 AM PDT by Reno89519 (If Biden is mentally unfit to stand trial, he is mentally unfit to be president. He needs to resign.)
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To: conservative98

Can’t handle a little chaos in your life? Then you are NOT ready to become an attorney.


10 posted on 05/03/2024 7:26:33 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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To: conservative98

Alexandria Iraheta Sousa will be a future state governor or the Attorney General of the US.


11 posted on 05/03/2024 7:27:07 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: teeman8r
their plan all along... can’t pass your class? cause chaos.

They need to learn. Poor planning on their part, does not constitute an emergency on my part.

12 posted on 05/03/2024 7:27:48 AM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF Captain & pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: conservative98

these snowflakes will never survive a day in open court, po’ things!


13 posted on 05/03/2024 7:29:33 AM PDT by avital2 ("n)
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To: conservative98

Future lawyers who can’t handle a little stress. Yeah, they’ll do well.


14 posted on 05/03/2024 7:29:37 AM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: conservative98

They’re not called snowflakes for nothing


15 posted on 05/03/2024 7:30:06 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: conservative98

All of the Rioters should be kicked out of Columbia.
No need to worry about exams.


16 posted on 05/03/2024 7:30:28 AM PDT by tennmountainman ( (“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023 DITTO)
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To: conservative98

“The current exam policy raises concerns around equity and academic integrity,”

This statement alone tells me two things:
1) Academic integrity was lost when you accepted Wokeism.

2) Academic integrity is what you care the least about.


17 posted on 05/03/2024 7:32:51 AM PDT by Ignatz (The bees don't bother to tell the flies that honey tastes better than dung.)
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To: bigdaddy45

Could you imagine these little POS being drafted say circa 1966 and sent to SEA.


18 posted on 05/03/2024 7:33:18 AM PDT by Mouton (A 150MT hit will not solve our problems now.)
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To: conservative98

Weenies.


19 posted on 05/03/2024 7:33:36 AM PDT by Qiviut (If the genocide was unintentional, they would have pulled the poison vaccines, long ago.)
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To: conservative98

Resign, you weaklings.


20 posted on 05/03/2024 7:35:18 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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