I witnessed the campus crisis at Columbia University in 1968, and shocked to see history rhyme in '24
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I vividly remember the Columbia crisis of ’68. Then, as now, a large group of students and outside agitators swarmed the university to protest the issue of the day.
William R. Gruver is a senior fellow at the Open Discourse Coalition and a professor emeritus at Bucknell University.
As a student at the university’s business school at the time, I’m now shocked to see that my alma mater’s leaders didn’t learn the lesson of their own history. They deserve the most blame for the mayhem that has engulfed one of America’s most prestigious schools, and if they don’t own it and act accordingly, Columbia’s future is bleak indeed.
I vividly remember the campus crisis of ’68, which bears many similarities to that of today. Then, as now, a large group of students and outside agitators swarmed the university to protest the issue of the day. They fell into two camps – one opposing the Vietnam War, the other opposing the construction of a nearby gym on racial grounds.