Columbia Protesters Reestablish Encampment and President Shafik Returns to the Negotiating Table

A sign declaring, "We're back bitches," greeted alumni returning to campus for their class reunions, as students pitched tents and congregated under a large structure the university erected on the school's south lawn. The students also unveiled a cardboard missile plastered with photos of Columbia president Minouche Shafik and other university leaders, including the co-chairman of the school’s board of trustees, David Greenwald, and Abigail Black Elbaum, the vice chairwoman of the board.