Trumps Columbia funding cuts: Letters to the Editor March 11, 2025

Hitting Columbia University in the pocket could not have come any sooner (“WH $laps Poisoned Ivy,” March 8).This has lingered on long enough.The university was given an ample amount of time and warnings to put its house in order.No matter what Columbia administrators have said about taking this very seriously, they haven’t done enough.

The time has come for alumni to speak up and pressure the university to put an end to this insanity.President Trump’s initiatives with Columbia should serve as a clear warning to all other universities as well.Ronald FrankWest Orange, NJI am no fan of President Trump, but I applaud the administration’s decision to withhold $400 million in funding from Columbia University for its glaring inaction in the face of the campus-wide endangerment of Jewish students last year.I find the left’s predictable objection, saying that this stifles students’ free speech, to be hysterical and hypocritical.Remember: When the NYPD finally entered the campus, more than 40% of those arrested had no connection to Columbia University.I distinctly remember a photograph of a huge banner unfurled on campus that read: “Welcome to the people’s university for Palestine.”“People’s university?” Columbia University has an approximate acceptance rate of 4%.Does anyone believe that an actual student, who worked diligently for four years in high school to achieve the prize of Ivy League admission, hung that banner? Highly unlikely.Warren NittiEdgewater, NJ Subscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter! Please provide a valid email address.

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Trump’s cancelation of $400 million in handouts to Columbia shows a long-overdue respect for taxpayers’ dollars.After all, why should we pay for antisemitism when we already get it free from indoctrinated students, leftists and hate-mongerers e...