STORY: New York's Columbia University has a long history of student protests and takeovers
In April 1968, hundreds of its students held a demonstration
against the Vietnam War, and Columbia's plans to expand its campus in Harlem
Protesters barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall
After a week-long occupation, the university called in the police
Many students were injured and hundreds were arrested
Anti-Vietnam War protests resumed on campus in the spring of 1972
In April 1985, students demanded that Columbia end indirect investments in South Africa
because of the country's racist apartheid policy
"We are very proud to be associated with the legacy of struggle here on Columbia's campus."
