RIGHT SPEAK: Columbia University to Pay Out More Than $220M After Violating Jewish Students’ Civil Rights in Massive Win for Trump Admin; Columbia Finally Punishes Anti-Israel Rioters Over Violent Library Takeover, Slaps Dozens of Students with Suspensions, Expulsions; Columbia Must Make Good On Its Promises and Quash Antisemitism

Columbia University to pay out more than $220M after violating Jewish students’ civil rights in massive win for Trump admin:

The Trump administration has won unprecedented concessions from Columbia University in a sweeping settlement — with the Ivy League school paying more than $220 million and pledging to reverse racially discriminatory practices and resolve civil rights violations against Jewish students and workers, The Post can exclusively reveal.

The settlement, under which Columbia will agree to submit to independent monitoring to ensure it is complying with merit-based hiring and admissions requirements, is likely to put pressure on other schools — like Harvard University— that have crossed the White House over tolerance of extreme Jew-hatred on campus since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas against Israel.

The resolution comes after just four months of negotiations between Columbia and Trump, striking a stark contrast with Harvard, which decided to drag the administration into court for stripping the school of $2.6 billion in grants and other funding.

A source familiar with the negotiations noted that $400 million yanked from Columbia in March when talks began would have snowballed to affect billions of dollars of university research grants and other funding had an agreement not been reached.

In addition to paying the feds $200 million to settle their discrimination claims, Columbia will fork over more than $20 million to Jewish employees who were discriminated against amid fierce antisemitic demonstrations that followed the Hamas attack.

The Trump administration is touting the employees’ sum as the largest public settlement of its kind in nearly 20 years and the highest for any victim who’s lodged a Title VI complaint.

The Ivy League school has also agreed to end all programming that discriminated against faculty or students — bringing it into full compliance with the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision banning race-based affirmative action — and create some yet-to-be-announced faculty positions in the name of broadening intellectual diversity.

The settlement further calls for Columbia to maintain a trained security force to block demonstrations in academic spaces and coordinate with the NYPD to prevent a repeat of the takeover of Hamilton Hall by anti-Israel rioters in the spring of 2024 — while the university will impose a complete ban on masked protests. Facial coverings will still be allowed for medical or religious reasons. --->READ MORE HERE

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Columbia finally punishes anti-Israel rioters over violent library takeover, slaps dozens of students with suspensions, expulsions:

Dozens of Columbia University anti-Israel rabble-rousers were slapped with hefty suspensions and a handful were fully expelled after they took part in the recent violent takeover of a campus library and last year’s notorious tent encampment, The Post has learned.

More than 70 students are set to be punished for their involvement in the hugely disruptive Butler Library chaos that unfolded on May 7, as well as the encampment that popped up on the Morningside Heights campus in spring 2024, sources familiar with the disciplinary action said.

More than 80% of those will be hit with suspensions between one and three years, with the majority being hit with two-year suspensions, the sources said.

Those involved were informed of their punishments on Monday following a probe by the elite school’s University Judicial Board.

“Our institution must focus on delivering on its academic mission for our community. And to create a thriving academic community, there must be respect for each other and the institution’s fundamental work, policies, and rules,” a Columbia spokesperson said in a statement.

“Disruptions to academic activities are in violation of University policies and Rules, and such violations will necessarily generate consequences. The speed with which our updated UJB system has offered an equitable resolution to the community and students involved is a testament to the hard work of this institution to improve its processes.”