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The [[Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification]] is the main student group against expansion. | The [[Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification]] is the main student group against expansion. | ||
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+ | * [http://www.neighbors.columbia.edu/pages/manplanning/index.html Columbia's Neighbors web site on the Manhattanville Expansion] | ||
[[Category: Scandals]] | [[Category: Scandals]] |
Revision as of 20:30, 19 March 2007
Columbia plans on expanding into a Manhattanville, a blighted and largely depopulated area northwest of campus. The scandal is over alleged evictions brought on by Columbia's incursions and its threat to ask the state to use eminent domain to condemn properties in the area.
The Student Coalition on Expansion and Gentrification is the main student group against expansion.