A former U.S. Olympic fencer and ex-fencing coach at Long Island University was sentenced to six years of probation this week after he pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor sex offenses.
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University’s president says activists refused to leave library despite warnings of disciplinary action and arrest
Columbia University asked the New York police department to help clear pro-Palestinian activists from the campus’s main library after protesters clashed with the school’s public safety officers.
Claire Shipman, the university’s acting president, said in a statement that protesters had refused to leave the building despite being warned that a failure to comply would result in disciplinary action and possibly arrest for trespassing.
