Rep.  . Ritchie Torres ( D- York ) stated on Wednesday’s spread of CNBC’s” Squawk Box” that if Columbia University President Minouche Shafik had threatened to fire faculty members who were on college and had followed through on these threats,” this circumstance could have been quickly resolved.” But when there’s a crisis of confidence in the head of the school, then panic ensues”.
Co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin asked,” But does that suggest these professors need to be fired, the ones that are engaged in this, the ones who are engaged in this?” After Torres, Torres stated that students and professors who violate class coverage or the law may face consequences.
Torres answered,” I think what we need is significant management. If the President had made it clear that if you did n’t leave the camp, you would be facing expulsion, you would be facing a revocation of your visa, you would be facing firing, and you would have faced a real threat of accountability, and that you would have followed through on those threats, then the situation could have been decisively resolved. But when there’s a crisis of confidence in the head of the school, then panic ensues”.
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