Valerie Richardson

It was a week to remember for West Virginia track-and-field athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson, but not so much for the girls competing against the transgender teen.

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik declared Monday that the Ivy League institution is facing a “crisis,” ordering classes to be held remotely and stepping up security over escalating anti-Israel protests that have Jewish students in fear for their safety.

The same kind of donor revolt over campus antisemitism that roiled Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania is getting real at Columbia.

Calls for Columbia President Minouche Shafik to resign surged Monday over what congressional critics described as her failure to rein in the virulent anti-Israel protests that have engulfed the Ivy League institution.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hailed the anti-Israel protesters at college campuses on Monday, depicting them as “peaceful” despite tense confrontations that forced a rabbi linked to Columbia University to urge Jewish students to stay away.

President Biden on Monday decried the anti-Israel protests that have taken over college universities across the country, calling them “antisemitic,” but also called for sympathy for the Palestinians in Gaza.

Anti-Israel protests and encampments continued to grow Tuesday despite efforts by college administrators to turn down the temperature, spurring more arrests as pressure mounts to restore order and protect Jewish students.

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President Biden has long been at odds with the Catholic Church over his pro-choice stance, but some Catholics were nonetheless flabbergasted to see him make the sign of the cross during an abortion-rights event in Florida.

Columbia University has given students another 48 hours to clear out the vast encampment covering the lawn in front of the Butler Library.