The Crackdown on Student Protesters

Columbia University has become the epicenter of a growing
showdown between student protesters, college administrators and
Congress over the war in Gaza and the limits of free speech.


Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government for
The Times, walks us through the intense week at the university.
And Isabella Ramírez, the editor in chief of Columbia’s
undergraduate newspaper, explains what it has all looked like to
a student on campus.


Guest: 


Nicholas Fandos, who covers New York politics and government
for The New York Times

Isabella Ramírez, editor in chief of the Columbia Daily
Spectator



Background reading: 


Inside the week that shook Columbia University.

The protests at the university continued after more than 100
arrests.



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