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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Resigns
Townhall.com ^ | 14 August A.D. 2024 | Madeline Leesman

Posted on 08/14/2024 5:56:36 PM PDT by lightman

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik has resigned, according to the Washington Free Beacon.

In a letter to the Columbia community, Shafik wrote that her tenure has been “a period of turmoil where it has been difficult to overcome divergent views across our community.”

"This period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has for others in our community,” she added.

In recent months, Shafik has come under fire for her handling of anti-Semitism on campus following Hamas’ barbaric attack on Israel that began last October.

“I have tried to navigate a path that upholds academic principles and treats everyone with fairness and compassion. It has been distressing – for the community, for as president and on a personal level – to find myself, colleagues, and students the subject of threats and abuse. As President Lincoln said, ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’ – we must do all we can to resist the forces of polarization in our community, remain optimistic that difference can be overcome through the honest exchange of views, truly listening and – always – by treating each other with dignity and respect,” she said.

pic.twitter.com/oilayk8Djo — Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) August 15, 2024

A university spokesman confirmed to The New York Times that Shafik resigned, as well. She assumed the position last July.

Last month, Townhall covered how three slew of deans at the university were removed. This came after a report from The Washington Free Beacon exposed antisemitic text messages from the deans.

The three Columbia administrators involved in the text message exchanges were Cristen Kromm, formerly the dean of undergraduate student life; Matthew Patashnick, formerly the associate dean for student and family support; and Susan Chang-Kim, formerly the vice dean and chief administrative officer.

The Times reported that the three administrators are still employed by the university but have been placed on indefinite leave and will not return to their previous positions.

Additionally, Townhall reported how Shafik decided to testify before Congress about anti-seminitism on campus. In the hearing, Shafik could not answer clearly if a clearly antisemitic professor was still hired by the university, among other things.

Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik responded to Shafik’s resignation.

“As I have said consistently since her catastrophic testimony at the Education and the Workforce Committee hearing, Columbia University’s President Minouche Shafik’s failed presidency was untenable and that is was only a matter of time before her forced resignation. After failing to protect Jewish students and negotiating with pro-Hamas terrorists, this forced resignation is long overdue,” she said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; columbia; columbiau; domesticenemies; education; goodriddance; minoucheshafik; pos; shafik; shouldhavebeenfired; wellbye
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Good riddance.
1 posted on 08/14/2024 5:56:36 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Can both sides at Columbia lose?


2 posted on 08/14/2024 5:59:54 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: lightman

She needs to move to be the Prezzy of the U. of Gaza.


3 posted on 08/14/2024 6:08:48 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Does the U. of Gaza have a Dept. of Jihad Studies?


4 posted on 08/14/2024 6:09:50 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: lightman

She should have been fired. Maybe she was.


5 posted on 08/14/2024 6:12:07 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: lightman
Yep good riddance to the Jew haters. A Jew hater by any other name is a Democrat.

6 posted on 08/14/2024 6:17:46 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Her replacement will probably be a self-loathing white woman who is as bad or worse.


7 posted on 08/14/2024 6:22:20 PM PDT by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
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To: lightman

You were tried and found wanting.

Hit the road loser.


8 posted on 08/14/2024 6:22:48 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (there will come a day when FR rejects articles from the NYT, et al. as "Commie trash, no thank you")
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Yet 80% of America Jews will vote Democrat so I could care less either way.


9 posted on 08/14/2024 6:31:47 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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What kind of name is Minouche Shafik ?


10 posted on 08/14/2024 6:37:01 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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What kind of name is Minouche Shafik ?

Egyptian. She must have imbibed her racist Jew hatred somewhere along the way.

11 posted on 08/14/2024 6:39:58 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: lightman

Never heard of Mindouche Shafik.


12 posted on 08/14/2024 6:40:52 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo Un)
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“Yet 80% of America Jews will vote Democrat so I could care less either way.”

If they do then F them forever more.


13 posted on 08/14/2024 6:42:23 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo Un)
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To: lightman
Her job was to train the protestors - but also to make sure they didn't turn on their masters.

Columbia University has been a center of anti-American and anti-white hatred for a century.

14 posted on 08/14/2024 6:59:01 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: lightman

Alumni donations plummeted, and therefore she failed her most important task. That said, she will be replaced by another Marxist in sheep’s clothing. Bet on it.


15 posted on 08/14/2024 7:03:06 PM PDT by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: lightman

Why is an Egyptian/Brit the head of Columbia? Enough of the damned foreigners.


16 posted on 08/14/2024 7:25:31 PM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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DEI.

Perversity is our strength. /s


17 posted on 08/14/2024 7:26:53 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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“I have tried to navigate a path that upholds academic principles and treats everyone with fairness and compassion. It has been distressing – for the community, for as president and on a personal level – to find myself, colleagues, and students the subject of threats and abuse. As President Lincoln said, ‘A house divided against itself cannot stand’ – we must do all we can to resist the forces of polarization in our community, remain optimistic that difference can be overcome through the honest exchange of views, truly listening and – always – by treating each other with dignity and respect,” she said. - - pic.twitter.com/oilayk8Djo — Eliana Johnson (@elianayjohnson) August 15, 2024

Antisemitic lowlifes have no right to quote Lincoln. How dare she? How dare she... what a jerk.

18 posted on 08/14/2024 7:37:17 PM PDT by GOPJ (Kamala kisses up and punches down - cgbg * Walz put tampon dispensers in boys bathrooms...)
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To: lightman

She might as well been a human shield for Hamas.

These woke idiots haven been cooking for a long time in u.s.education system considering the judges, athletes, lawyers, news media, private company bosses, teachers, CEO’S,,scientists, politicians, political assistants, and general public folks who seem to be in many positions of power.
Really is time for a very protective parallel economy. With private protection to stop the terrorists who blow up factories,etc...


19 posted on 08/14/2024 7:38:17 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: lightman
GOOD RIDDANCE!
20 posted on 08/14/2024 7:44:26 PM PDT by Rummyfan ( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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