A black shroud covers Columbia's alma mater statue via The Bwog
Hundreds of Columbia University students marked the five-year anniversary of the Iraq war (and the gorgeous spring weather) with an old-fashioned walkout today.
Student groups invited people to leave their classes at noon, convene at the Low Plaza and listen to speakers like Hamid Dabashi and Bruce Robbins. Five Years of War, Five Days of Action was the host, according to a Facebook invitation that more than 230 people had accepted. The crowd was at least that large.
A huge pink “Stop War” banner was displayed from a building and protesters even draped the alma mater statue with a black shroud. Columbia officials declined to comment.
Who says this generation isn’t passionate about protesting? Now, how about arranging some demonstrations on days that aren’t 70 degrees?
— Emily Ngo
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just wanted to make a quick correction--the action around alma was a recreation of the abu graib atrocity--the black thing on her head was supposed to be a hood, not a shroud, and the thing hanging from her finger was the electrode.
And there's just as many of us who are passionate about wanting VICTORY against the scumbag terrorists. But isn't it nice of the pinkos at Columbia to give aid and comfort to the enemy?
In response to Julie's info on the Abu Graib atrocity, I'm wondering why these very same miscreants didn't recreate the beheadings and atrocities that the terrorists have perpetrated on our countrymen over the course of the War on Terrorism? I'd love to hear their answer on that one!