William Gruver

William R. Gruver is a senior fellow at the Open Discourse Coalition and a professor emeritus at Bucknell University.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson leaves Columbia University in New York City

Opinion

August 17, 2024

I'm a Columbia University alumnus. Firing the president is a good start

Leaders at Columbia forgot that higher education is meant to focus on finding truth, not trendy partisan fads. Now, the university must prove that it is willing to put learning first.

(Original Caption) 4/1968-New York, NY- Scholarly behavior included such things as demonstrations, confrontations, and sometimes ended in violence. At Columbia University in April, a professor finds an entrance blocked during student sit-ins. Students took over four buildings during a big protest demonstration. New York City police were called in to get some out of the buildings. BPA 2 # 4576

Opinion

May 8, 2024

I witnessed the campus crisis at Columbia University in 1968, and shocked to see history rhyme in '24

I vividly remember the Columbia crisis of ’68. Then, as now, a large group of students and outside agitators swarmed the university to protest the issue of the day.