Columbia Law Review Students Want Exams Canceled Amid Campus Chaos
Student editors at the Columbia Law Review penned a letter begging the university to cancel final exams this semester as they grapple with the on-campus chaos that has consumed the school in recent weeks.
Columbia University is at the center of a wave of campus protests against Israel’s brutal military campaign in the Gaza Strip, as repeated clashes with the NYPD reached a fever pitch Tuesday when officers broke into the school’s Hamilton Hall—via a second floor window—to crack down on demonstrators who had holed themselves up in the building.
The law students cited this chaos as reason to have their final exams dropped, at least for this semester. In lieu of a full cancellation, they also asked for the the school to mandate pass/fail grades for this semester’s exams.