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‎1960s

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Absentminded: /* 1970-2000 */

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‎1970-2000

Absentminded at 20:46, 31 May 2013

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Absentminded: /* 1970-2000 */

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‎1970-2000

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‎1970-2000

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Reaganaut at 15:49, 22 November 2012

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	[[Image:68math.jpg\|thumb\|[[Mathematics Hall]] is "liberated" during the [[1968 protests]]]]		[[Image:68math.jpg\|thumb\|[[Mathematics Hall]] is "liberated" during the [[1968 protests]]]]
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		+	*[[1964]]: Protests against the construction of the ugly [[Uris Hall]]

	*[[April 20]], [[1967]]: anti-Vietnam recruitment protest by [[SDS]] in [[John Jay Hall]] turns into a violent melee with rightwing students		*[[April 20]], [[1967]]: anti-Vietnam recruitment protest by [[SDS]] in [[John Jay Hall]] turns into a violent melee with rightwing students

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 [[Image:Shapiro.jpg|thumb|right|Protester [[David Shapiro]] sits in [[President of Columbia University|President]] [[Grayson Kirk]]'s chair during the [[1968 protests]]]]
-Columbia's history has been characterized by many '''protests''', to the point at which it has a reputation as the "Radical Ivy" and has been known for them. This reputation has waxed and waned over the years, being strongest perhaps after the [[1968 protests]] and reaching a nadir in the early 21st century, but has recently revived in the wake of the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]] protests of [[2024]]/
+Columbia's history has been characterized by many '''protests''', to the point at which it has a reputation as the "Radical Ivy" and has been known for them. This reputation has waxed and waned over the years, being strongest perhaps after the [[1968 protests]] and reaching a nadir in the early 21st century, but has recently revived in the wake of the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]] protests of [[2024]].
 == Pre-1960s ==

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 [[Image:Shapiro.jpg|thumb|right|Protester [[David Shapiro]] sits in [[President of Columbia University|President]] [[Grayson Kirk]]'s chair during the [[1968 protests]]]]
-So many '''protests''' to choose from...
+Columbia's history has been characterized by many '''protests''', to the point at which it has a reputation as the "Radical Ivy" and has been known for them. This reputation has waxed and waned over the years, being strongest perhaps after the [[1968 protests]] and reaching a nadir in the early 21st century, but has recently revived in the wake of the [[Gaza Solidarity Encampment]] protests of [[2024]]/
 == Pre-1960s ==
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 *Spring [[2013]]: [[Student-Worker Solidarity]] campaign for a fair [[Faculty House]] contract.
 ==Faculty protests==

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	* [[1996]]: Students go on a [[1996 hunger strike\|hunger strike]], and occupy Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power		* [[1996]]: Students go on a [[1996 hunger strike\|hunger strike]], and occupy Hamilton for the establishment of an Ethnic Studies Department. Three years later they get a center with no hiring power
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		+	* [[2000]]: Hundreds of students march on a hearing by the University Senate's Task Force on reviewing the [[Sexual Misconduct Policy]] and deliver 1,800 petitions calling for change.

	== Since 2000 ==		== Since 2000 ==

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	* Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions. Today, these are primarily related to the [[Manhattanville expansion]] controversy.		* Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions. Today, these are primarily related to the [[Manhattanville expansion]] controversy.
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		+	== References ==
		+	<references/>

	[[Category:Protests\|*]]		[[Category:Protests\|*]]

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 * [[1970]]: Black students take over [[ROTC]] lounge. Administration agrees to make it the [[Malcolm X Lounge]]. In the spring, a massive student strike occurs in response to the bombing of Cambodia.
-* [[1972]]: Latino students protest for Latino Studies.
+* [[1972]]: Anti-war student strike, including 17-day occupation of [[Lewisohn Hall]]<ref>[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19720517-02.2.4];[http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19720515-01.2.5] - see generally spectator archives April 18, 1972 through May 15.</ref>; Latino students protest for Latino Studies.
 * [[1978]]: First [[Apartheid divestment protests]] result in a takeover of the [[Business School]] and a partial university divestment from South Africa

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 * [[1978]]: First [[Apartheid divestment protests]] result in a takeover of the [[Business School]] and a partial university divestment from South Africa
-* [[1985]]: Renewed anti-apartheid protests culminate in a takeover of [[Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to fully divest, although they didn't do so fully until [[1991]].
+* [[1985]]: Renewed anti-apartheid protests culminate in a takeover of [[Hamilton Hall|Hamilton]]. Administration agrees to fully divest, although they didn't do so fully until [[1991]].
 * [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]].[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DF1431F930A15757C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]

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	* [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]].[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DF1431F930A15757C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]		* [[1987]]: A mob of white students beat a black student, Mike Jones, and a couple of his friends outside [[Ferris Booth Hall]]. Black students mobilize on campus, take over Hamilton. Professor [[Marcellus Blount]] was arrested during these protests. The demands led to the creation of the [[Intercultural Resource Center]].[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE1DF1431F930A15757C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all]
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		+	* [[1992]]: Students blockade, and then occupy a part of, [[Low Library]] in protest of proposed cuts in [[Financial Aid Reform#Financial Aid Crisis of 1991-1992\|undergraduate financial aid]].

	* [[1992]]: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the [[Audubon Ballroom]], the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biomedical research facility		* [[1992]]: Students again take over Hamilton Hall, protesting Columbia's plans to turn the [[Audubon Ballroom]], the site of Malcolm X's assassination, into a biomedical research facility

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 * November [[2007]]: [[2007 multi-purpose hunger strike|Multi-purpose hunger strike]]
-*Spring [[2008]]: Protest coinciding with the Fifth Anniversairy of the Iraq War
+*Spring [[2008]]: Protest coinciding with the Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War
 ==Faculty protests==

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	* Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions. Today, these are primarily related to the [[Manhattanville expansion]] controversy.		* Since 1940s: Lots of tenant protests over Columbia evictions. Today, these are primarily related to the [[Manhattanville expansion]] controversy.

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