After losing yet another major donor amid the ongoing anti-Semitism scandal, one Ivy League university was forced to hire a “crisis communications” assistant to help fix the damage that radical anti-Israel faculty and student activists caused.
HAPPENING NOW: Mass chaos breaks out at college campuses across the United States as pro-Palestine protests intensify.
Columbia, Harvard, USC, University of Texas at Austin and others are getting swarmed by protesters.
Police at USC are taking out their batons as the… pic.twitter.com/D35wVTCiZ8
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 24, 2024
Students and faculty at Columbia University, along with numerous other American universities, have been shown to be rabidly anti-Israel over the past year, with many demonstrations including outright support for terrorism and celebration of the massacre of Israeli civilians on October 7, 2023.
Columbia University will not recover from this. There is nothing peaceful about this protest.
Listen carefully to the audio…..pic.twitter.com/uJ0dw22bKK
— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) April 30, 2024
Videos of these protests have been shared on social media by journalists like Andy Ngo of the Post Millennial. In one post, Ngo explained that “leftist demonstrators chanted in support of Yemeni Houthi militants who have carried out armed attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis are involved in slavery, according to Yemeni human rights groups.”
At the @Columbia pro-Palestine protest, leftist demonstrators chanted in support of Yemeni Houthi militants who have carried out armed attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. The Houthis are involved in slavery, according to Yemeni human rights groups.pic.twitter.com/H5HqUPK9B1
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) January 21, 2024
Others were even seen ripping down posters of hostages being held and tortured by Hamas terrorists.
At the “All Out For Gaza At Columbia University” protest, a masked man defaced and ripped the kidnapped Israelis signs that were on a pole. pic.twitter.com/yay0ZPXxg7
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) November 15, 2023
All of these issues have led to a new job listing on its website, where Columbia University’s public affairs team is desperately searching for an experienced professional to “increase understanding of Columbia’s impact as one of the world’s leading universities” through “the delivery of world-class crisis communications preparedness and execution.”
Columbia has been facing serious ramifications for the ongoing anti-Israel/pro-Palestine protests on campus that have left the university in financial trouble. Like many other universities experiencing these demonstrations, Columbia has lost major donors — including billionaire philanthropist Mort Zuckerman, who canceled a $200 million pledged donation earlier this week over his concerns about the failure to address rising anti-Semitism on campus.
The school has also faced demands for tuition reimbursement from students and their parents, as classes were canceled numerous times, making the school turn to online learning and severely hampering students’ education.
JUST IN: Columbia University has announced classes will be remote for the rest of the year as anti-Israel protests rock the school.
There are now growing calls for tuition refunds for the $70k a year college now that it has practically turned into an online school.
"It’s vital… pic.twitter.com/PdeYnG9cA6
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 23, 2024
Three deans were also reassigned by the school in early July after being caught sending bigoted text messages during a panel discussion about anti-Semitism on campus in the wake of the October 7 terrorist attack in Israel. One dean identified as Matthew Patashnick was widely criticized after he accused a Jewish panelist of taking “full advantage” of the Jew hatred on campus to maximize “fundraising potential.” Patashnick, along with two other deans identified as Susan Chang-Kim and Cristen Kromm, have been placed on leave while an investigation is performed about their bigoted text exchanges during the panel. Following the leave, they are expected to be reassigned to new roles.
Two of the officials, Kromm and Patashnick, separately suggested that Jews were using their wealth—"$$$$," as Kromm put it—to foment panic about anti-Semitism, while a third, Chang-Kim, said that Jewish students' concerns come "from such a place of privilege."
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) July 8, 2024
All of these major scandals have left Columbia with no choice other than to attempt to do major damage control, leading to the job listing for a “crisis communications” expert. Columbia is offering a salary of between $75,000 and $85,000 for the role, which is far less than what Harvard University is offering for the same role to help with their reputation in the wake of similar anti-Semitism concerns, which offered a $164,500 salary.
