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Lonestarblue

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3. I wonder whether Columbia will lose more from future donations than the would have lost by defying Trump.

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Sun Mar 30, 2025, 07:32 AM

Mar 2025

They could have taken the high road but chose to capitulate to tyranny. We have a country full of Neville Chamberlains—business leaders, university leaders, law firms all afraid to speak out or to demand that Musk’s ravages of the federal government to enrich himself must be stopped.

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Columbia University alumni rip up their diplomas in protest of school and leadership [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 OP

I'm an alum and started calling it Vichy University. Sanity Claws Mar 2025 #1

Me too for my grad degree. Our quisling alma mater. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #2

I wonder whether Columbia will lose more from future donations than the would have lost by defying Trump. Lonestarblue Mar 2025 #3

They have billions in endowment money. They should have been able to forego the grant money. Scrivener7 Mar 2025 #4

What the hell has happened to the student body of Columbia, home of The Strawberry Statement? flashman13 Mar 2025 #5

Their school of Journalism used to be renowned BumRushDaShow Mar 2025 #6

Ripping up the diplomas is a nice gesture. Igel Mar 2025 #7

You can order another one from the registrar's office Prairie Gates Mar 2025 #8