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Jaya Shankar
Jaya Shankar is the Campus News Section Editor at The Barnard Bulletin. They are a sophomore at Barnard.
Columbia SIPA hosts panel honoring former Israeli Prime Minister Rabin, met with protests from Columbia student groups
SIPA’s Institute of Global Policy invited Bill and Hillary Clinton, along with other experts in American-Israeli politics, to discuss Rabin’s legacy three decades after his assassination. In response, students organized a protest outside of the President’s House.
Jaya Shankar, Elisabeth Siegel, Karissa Song, and Kimberly Wing
Nov 11
Palestinian, Jewish student groups gather on campus during second anniversary of October 7 attack
The day’s events fall on the two-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel and subsequent war in Gaza.
Fiona Hu, Riya Mahanta, Jaya Shankar, and Kimberly Wing
Oct 7
‘We must commit to disagreeing better’: President Rosenbury publishes op-ed in The New York Times calling for freedom of expression and open discourse on campus
“This is a time to foster more disagreement, not less,” wrote Barnard President Laura Rosenbury.
Jaya Shankar
Sep 23
Columbia student groups hold emergency rally on the Sundial calling for resistance against federal government encroachment, campus policies
The protest took place on the one-year anniversary of the establishment of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”
Giselle Bradshaw, Fiona Hu, Jaya Shankar, and Lydia Snyder
Apr 23
Jewish students chain themselves to St. Paul’s Chapel and Earl Gates, demand accountability from Columbia trustees
Protesters called for the release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE custody and transparency from Columbia leadership.
Giselle Bradshaw, Theresa Cullen, Fiona Hu, and Jaya Shankar
Apr 9
Barnard admits Class of 2029, yet to release acceptance rate or number of applicants
Of the students who reported their class rank, 94% were in the top 10% of their class.
Jaya Shankar
Apr 7
CUAD launches sit-in at Barnard’s Milstein Library, declares building the "Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone"
Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD) has launched its second sit-in this semester, protesting Barnard's expulsion of three...
Riya Mahanta, Jaya Shankar, and Kimberly Wing
Mar 5
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate against expulsions at Barnard gates, call for fair negotiations and divestment
On Thursday, February 27, dozens of protesters gathered at the main Barnard gates to protest the expulsions of two students and call for...
Julia Parsa and Jaya Shankar
Mar 1
Anti-Zionist Jewish students begin ‘Liberation Sukkah’ for a planned seven days on Math Lawn
On Wednesday evening, a group of Columbia anti-Zionist Jewish students built a sukkah on Columbia’s Math Lawn for the Jewish holiday Sukkot.
Sophie Meritt, Sunaya Mueller, and Jaya Shankar
Oct 16, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters rally at Low Plaza
Columbia students and faculty staged a walkout for Palestine on October 7, a year after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
Jaya Shankar
Oct 10, 2024
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