Columbia University announced in an email Thursday it suspended or expelled some of the students who occupied a campus building during pro-Palestinian protests last year, according to multiple outlets, dishing out a range of punishments nearly a full year after the incident.
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The email said students were suspended, expelled or had their degrees temporarily revoked based on “evaluation of the severity of behaviors,” the Associated Press reported.
Some of the suspensions are years-long, according to the email reported by the AP, which noted it was unclear how many students received punishments.
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