Columbia University has had quite the week. Suggest additional events that will happen before or during graduation this year.
As of 4/23 I won't trade in this market to be an unbiased judge.
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1.00@MarkHamill do options like this resolve based on any of the graduation ceremonies for the individual columbia schools/departments? or was this intended to just refer to the actual university commencement ceremony (which was not held)
@Ziddletwix The lack of clarifications following the cancellation of the main commencement has turned this market into a mess.
This was posted by protesters and externally corroborated by NYPD in USA Today.
"Police said a driver hit a 55-year-old woman with his car on New York City’s Upper East Side Tuesday morning during a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the home of a university trustee.
The New York City Police Department told USA TODAY an argument broke out between protesters and a driver around 9 a.m. Tuesday. As the group of roughly 25 demonstrators walked away, a driver hit a 55-year-old woman with his Volvo, the NYPD said. The driver and two demonstrators have been taken into custody, including the woman who was treated at the hospital for minor injuries." https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/07/college-campus-protests-israel-gaza-live-updates/73597831007/
@NicoDelon It also happened off campus, at a separate protest (not ‘the protest’), and it’s not clear if she was admitted to the ER or as inpatient (hospitalized).
Hmm, I guess this also resolves yes. Originally I had meant this to cover expelled or suspended seniors, but as written canceling the whole thing applies
@MarkHamill i saw it plunge immediately after I bought and assumed I had misinterpreted 😛
So if this happens, all the commencement markets resolve No. https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/columbia-university-cancels-graduation-student-protests-8f865f7f
@MarkHamill To be perfectly clear, Class Day (which is still happening, and is done at the school level) is not the same thing as University Commencement
The protesters claim someone was hospitalized. Resolution is pending an independent 3rd party source https://www.instagram.com/p/C6cMXYXOPuS/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
@Balasar Barnard is a school within Columbia. If it had been “faculty no confidence letter in Shafik” it would still be open, but I wrote it too broadly, so this applies.