Propaganda Show at Columbia University Intellectual ConservativeSeptember 26, 2007 By Fern Sidman   The hallowed halls of New York City’s premiere Ivy League institution of higher learning, Columbia University, will never be the same for this week the world’s leading despot graced its presence.   The hallowed halls of New York City’s premiere Ivy League […]

CBC NEWSANALYSIS & VIEWPOINT Political lessons – Iranian leader’s speech sparks hot debate at Columbia Sept. 25, 2007 By Omar Soliman Students gather at Columbia university to hear Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Omar Soliman) Student politics have not been this animated since 1968. Thousands of demonstrators and activists assembled in and around the heavily guarded […]

About 3,000 Students Shirk Duties To Watch Lightning Exchange on Screens September 25, 2007 by Anastasia Gornick, Jacob Schneider, and Laura SchreiberColumbia Daily Spectator As a war of words carried on in Roone Arledge Auditorium on Monday, factions of pro-Israel and anti-war activists shouted across barricades on a block-long stretch of Broadway. On campus, the […]

Mistake to Give Ahmadinejad Platform to Spew Hatred, Israel Says September 25, 2007 Crosswalk.comBy Julie StahlJerusalem Bureau Chief Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – Giving Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a platform to espouse his hatred and racism is a “mistake” and he should not be given any legitimacy, an Israeli official said on Monday. Ahmadinejad was invited to […]

Iranian President stirs protests, counter-moves at Columbia September 25, 2007 Haaretz.comBy Sandra Cariglio Last update – 15:13 24/09/2007 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Over the past week, the Columbia University campus has been living in a state of marked restlessness in preparation for Monday’s highly controversial scheduled speaking appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Last year, Columbia […]

Protests Straddle the Gates September 25, 2007 Published in the Columbia Spectator (http://www.columbiaspectator.com) By Maria Insalaco, Tom Faure Despite initial complaints from student leaders that they were not given enough time to plan a response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at Columbia, the campus quickly mobilized, and many students have united for a large […]

Chemerinsky and Irvine: What Happened? September 25, 2007 InsideHigherEd.comBy Jon Wiener The biggest academic freedom fight of the year was also the shortest — and the hardest to understand. Duke Law School professor Erwin Chemerinsky accepted an offer on Sept. 4 to serve as founding dean of the new law school at UC Irvine; UCI […]

Hitler’s Muslim Nephew Comes to New York September 25, 2007 FrontPageMagazine.comBy Kenneth R. Timmerman What was New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinking? Apparently the former Democrat believed that escorting Iran’s Hitler-wannabe president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to the site of the September 11 memorial at Ground Zero would generate a terrific photo op. “Here I am with […]

Columbia University protesters prepare for Iran’s president September 22, 2007 BY MATT SOLARS, KATHLEEN LUCADAMO and NICOLE BODENY DAILY NEWS WRITERS Columbia University students plan mass protests to greet Holocaust-denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad when he arrives on campus Monday to give a lecture. Students planning the demonstration on the steps of Low Memorial Library […]

Chemerinsky affair reflects UCI-Jewish conflicts JewishJournal.comBy Tom Tugend, Contributing Editor The on-off-on-again saga of Erwin Chemerinsky’s path to become dean of the UC Irvine law school has held a special resonance for the Southern California Jewish community, where he has been active for more than two decades. Also affected are the already strained relations between […]