The Strawberry Statement DejaVu all over again

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Back in 1968 before I got there in '74, Columbia University was the scene of one of the most famous of the college campus takeovers that went down in the 60s during the Vietnam era. They made a movie about it called the Strawberry Statement. The book was much better, but it wasn't too bad.

Fast foward half a century, the Radicals are back on the Quad in front of Butler Hall and Low Library, this time over the Israel-Palestine conflict. What's old is new again.

In the background on the left is Furnald Hall. It's a dorm, I lived there Junior/Senior year.
Next to it is Columbia School of Business, which along with Harvard Biz and the Wharton School at U of P are the 3 top biz schools in the country where the Masters of the Universe are groomed.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/18/us/nypd-disperses-pro-palestinian-protest-columbia-university/index.html

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