A university official’s home was also vandalized this week.
Bracing for possible protests as students return this fall, Columbia University will begin restricting access to its Morningside campus on Monday to those with school IDs and their pre-authorized guests, officials said.
Pro-Palestinian protests, coupled with encampments and a building takeover, roiled the campus last spring and inspired a wave of civil unrest at universities nationwide. Hundreds were arrested, and more than 40 people were charged withColumbia implemented a color-coded system last month that restricts access to its campus based on the level of threat. The university’s campus access level will be adjusted to orange on Monday, one below the most restrictive, red.
“This change is intended to keep our community safe given reports of potential disruptions at Columbia and on college campuses across the country as we approach the beginning of the new school year,” Columbia University’s Chief Operating Officer Cas Holloway said in ato the school. “We are particularly concerned about non-affiliates who may not have the best interests of the Columbia community in mind.
In a possible indication that the tension between protesters and university officials has not abated, Holloway’s Brooklyn residence was vandalized around 3 a.m. last Thursday, police said. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident. Photos of the vandalism provided by police show an inverted red triangle, which has become a symbol used by pro-Palestinian protesters, on the front of the residence. The glass of the lobby door was smashed, red paint was thrown around the vestibule, and crickets and mealworms were released from a box, according to the NYPD.Separately this past week, Columbia announced that three deans who appeared to exchange messages mocking student complaints about antisemitism on campus had resigned.
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