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Post #19

Columbia’s Grant-making Raises Questions About Funding for Pro-Israel Advocacy Groups (including AIPAC)

By The Specter Investigation Office

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Post #18

Columbia is Showing the World How to Move Forward!

By The Specter contributing writer, James Schamus

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Post #17

Columbia’s Shifting Accountability in the Epstein Cases

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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Post #16

Addressing “Antisemitism” at Columbia: Kicked Out or Cashed Out

By The Specter Editorial Staff

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Post #15

Academic Freedom (For Some)Task Force on Antisemitism — Report #4

By The Specter Editorial Staff (from nowhere near Hind’s Hall)

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Post #14

Reading Between the Lines: HEALS and the Art of Missing the Point

by The Specter Editorial Staff

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Post #13

The diversity formerly known as diversity

By The Specter Editorial Staff

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Post #12

BREAKING NEWS: The Specter has obtained advance copy of new Guidelines for Fall Instruction

By The Specter Editorial Staff

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Post #11

Reading Between the Lines (White House edition): July 24, 2025 Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Secures Total Submission from Columbia University 

By The Specter Editorial Board

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Post #10

Columbia Family Values: A Road Trip to Nowhere

by Columbia’s ungovernable conscience: The Specter editorial board

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