On Monday afternoon, a large crowd gathered on Low Plaza at Columbia University as faculty members delivered speeches in solidarity with student protesters who were recently suspended and arrested. The faculty expressed their strong opposition to university president Minouche Shafik's decision to involve the New York Police Department in removing protesters from campus.
Faculty members held signs with messages such as “Hands off our students” and “End student suspensions now,” while some wore academic regalia and sashes that read, “We support students.” The speeches were met with enthusiastic cheers and applause from the crowd, along with chants calling for Shafik's resignation.
