Columbia University and Barnard College — whose campuses were rocked by pro-Palestine protests in the spring — reopened Tuesday for the first day of fall classes with some demonstrators again sounding off on the Israel-Gaza war.
A slew of Palestine protesters marched back and forth outside of Barnard College on 3009 Broadway on Sept. 3 in continued demand to end the war in the Middle East. At the same time, across the street inside Columbia University, activists vandalized the Alma Mater statue, dousing it with a bucket of red paint. Images posted on social media show the bronze sculpture dripping in crimson.
