The Varsity Show, a musical called Mayday, is a satire portraying a university administration as tone-deaf and unresponsive to student concerns, a denunciation of Columbia administration's censorship and repression.
The show did not mention the Israel-Gaza war or the demonstrations, with student actors portraying early Columbia presidents, some wearing powdered wigs.
Administrators and students engaged in negotiations but did not reach an agreement on removing a pro-Palestinian encampment reoccupied by students after over 100 arrests.
Columbia advised against bringing police back to the campus at the time, viewing it as counterproductive, addressing the ongoing situation following recent student arrests.
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