250px|Protest swept the campus in Morningside Heights. [[Image: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 3 by David Shankbone.jpg|The event enflamed passions over many issues: "Who gives a shit about God?" asked a man who identified himself as Rumpel Stiltskin. "I hope you rot in hell!" replied Hattie Booker of Harlem, waving a Bible. "This man is terrible! You're pitiful!". ]] The Columbia University campus in New York City erupted today in protest over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's debate with Columbia President Lee Bollinger. Ahmadinejad's presence on one of the United States' most prestigious universities brought out protesters from many causes to make their opinions known: whether Ahmadinejad should speak or not, the war in Iraq, Israel,George W. Bush, American imperialism', God and morality, all of which created a powder keg of opinions which made the air feel as if at any moment it would explode into fisticuffs.
250px|Protest swept the campus in Morningside Heights. [[Image: Anger during a protest by David Shankbone.jpg|The event enflamed passions over many issues: "Who gives a shit about God?" asked a man who identified himself as Rumpel Stiltskin. "I hope you rot in hell!" replied Hattie Booker of Harlem, waving a Bible. "This man is terrible! You're pitiful!". ]] The Columbia University campus in New York City erupted today in protest over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's debate with Columbia President Lee Bollinger. Ahmadinejad's presence on one of the United States' most prestigious universities brought out protesters from many causes to make their opinions known: whether Ahmadinejad should speak or not, the war in Iraq, Israel,George W. Bush, American imperialism', God and morality, all of which created a powder keg of opinions which made the air feel as if at any moment it would explode into fisticuffs.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia 3
Anger during a protest