Columbia Activist Who Demanded ‘Humanitarian Aid’ for Student Occupiers Now Teaching at the University

Johannah King-Slutzky, a doctoral student at Columbia University who was roundly mocked for demanding “humanitarian aid” for the students who broke into and occupied a building on campus in April, is teaching a class in that same building this fall, a course listing obtained by National Review shows.

King-Slutzky is teaching the “Contemporary Western Civilization” course — which all undergraduates are required to take in order to receive a diploma — in Hamilton Hall, the building where 22 students were arrested after forcing their way in and setting up camp, during the 2024 fall semester. Eighteen of those 22 students, an August congressional report found, remain in good standing with the university despite Columbia administrators stating they would expel those involved.

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Johannah King-Slutzky, a doctoral student at Columbia University who was roundly mocked for demanding “humanitarian aid” for the students who broke into and occupied a building on campus in April, is teaching a class in that same building this fall, a course listing obtained by National Review shows.

King-Slutzky is teaching the “Contemporary Western Civilization” course — which all undergraduates are required to take in order to receive a diploma — in Hamilton Hall, the building where 22 students were arrested after forcing their way in and setting up camp, during the 2024 fall semester. Eighteen of those 22 students, an August congressional report found, remain in good standing with the university despite Columbia administrators stating they would expel those involved.