Karina Garcia
Karina Garcia, Columbia College '08, is the former Political Chair of the Chicano Caucus and chair of Latino outreach group, Lucha.
Role in the Minuteman stage-rush
Garcia gained notoriety during the Minuteman stage-rush during which she and other protesters climbed on stage and unfurled banners, interrupting the speaking event. Mayhem ensued. A Columbia disciplinary committee issued her a censure. Following the event, Garcia was featured on FOX News, juxtaposed with College Republicans head, Chris Kulawik; Bill O'Reilly labeled her a radical element of "far left loons on the Columbia Kool-Aid campus". Garcia left Columbia during the Fall 2006 semester to go on a speaking tour of schools and organizations in California and returned the following term. This seems to have delayed her graduation until 2008, whereas previously she was in the class of 2007.
