Students occupying Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall will face expulsion after breaking in and vandalizing the private school property overnight.
University spokesman Ben Chang announced Tuesday afternoon that students continuing to violate university policy “will be met with clear consequences.” He listed vandalizing property, breaking doors and windows, and blocking entrances as examples of violating conduct.
“We regret that protesters have chosen to escalate the situation through their actions,” the statement reads. “Our top priority is restoring safety and order on our campus.”
Chang also noted that students part of the encampment are being suspended if they do not “commit to the terms we offered.” The suspended students will be “restricted from all academic and recreational spaces … seniors will be ineligible to graduate.”
After seizing Hamilton Hall and barricading themselves inside in the early hours of Tuesday morning, anti-Israel
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