memeorandum: At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder (Eliana Johnson/New York Sun)

11:20 AM ET, October 5, 2006

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Eliana Johnson / New York Sun:

At Columbia, Students Attack Minuteman Founder — Students stormed the stage at Columbia University's Roone auditorium yesterday, knocking over chairs and tables and attacking Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, a group that patrols the border between America and Mexico.

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Michelle Malkin:

Mob rule at Columbia University — Minutemen Project co-founder Jim Gilchrist spoke at Columbia University tonight. He tried to speak, that is. During his remarks, a mob of students stormed the stage and sabotaged the event. Every Columbia U. alum should be assailing the administration.

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The Big Trunk / Power Line:

THE ZOO IN MORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS — Last night the Columbia University College Republicans hosted what was to be a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. Within moments of Gilchrist taking the podium, however, the event was disrupted by left-wing students mounting a coordinated attack on the stage.

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