But props to the Columbia U staff for walking out. In other universities this was just par for the course, and the faculty stayed put as students were arrested

Manufactured incident. If you read what those young adults on the ground are saying its clear this is the all being inflamed by the media and school officials. Not the students of which many are Jewish in support of Palestine.

“The media’s the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that’s power. Because they control the minds of the masses.” - Malcolm X

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” - John F. Kennedy

“I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle.” - Nelson Mandela

This feels so our of context. Like, what is the link between the state of education and a picture of 20 police people standing on top of a stair?