Rikki Schlott
About the Columnist
Rikki Schlott is a New York Post columnist, News Features reporter, and author of "The Canceling of the American Mind." Schlott completed a research fellowship with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) and co-hosts the Lost Debate podcast. She covers higher education, women's issues, freedom of speech, and popular culture.
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Harvard, UC Berkeley are teaching students that you win at life by being obnoxious
May 15, 2024 | 5:43pmAfter both Harvard and UC Berkeley capitulated to anti-Israel protests this week, it seems students were right to believe that they actually run things.
Columbia prez showed her true colors when she voted on campus free speech
May 14, 2024 | 6:00amShafik had a chance to strike a blow for free speech at English universities in the country's House of Lords — and failed.
Columbia Law students demand passing grades after protests. Blame coddling schools
May 8, 2024 | 6:00amColumbia Law students want their final exams canceled… in the name of Palestine.
Columbia's president preached the elite's pieties about protest 'reordering society.' Look what she got
May 7, 2024 | 6:00amMinouche Shafik thought protests would achieve a "new paradigm" and "reorder our societies." Looks like she got more than she bargained for.
Two university staffers among 44 anti-Israel protesters arrested inside barricaded Columbia building
May 3, 2024 | 12:12pmThirteen of the individuals nabbed in the massive NYPD raid had no formal connection with the university.
After protest chaos, universities need to teach kids about real free speech — not about misgendering
May 1, 2024 | 6:37pmWondering why Columbia protests devolved into chaos? Because the students have no idea what free speech is.
We pay nearly $90K a year to attend Columbia — but can't even get on campus to study or eat
April 30, 2024 | 6:23pmColumbia students paying $89k say the school is ripping them off by keeping them off campus in the wake of protests.
What really went down on Columbia campus as anti-Israel protest deadlines loomed — and passed — is shameful
April 29, 2024 | 6:34pmBy letting yet another deadline for student protester evictions to pass, Columbia University showed once again that its authority is meaningless.
Columbia in chaos as hundreds of anti-Israel protesters defy order to vacate tent camp
April 29, 2024 | 2:00pmColumbia University failed to bring disruptive anti-Israel protests under control Monday, as hundreds of protesters openly defied the school's 2 p.m. ultimatum to vacate the campus encampment or face suspension and loss...
NYPD raises American flag on City College campus, tosses Palestinian flag away in iconic moment after busting pro-terror protesters
April 29, 2024 | 12:24pmPolice were seen moving in on Columbia anti-Israel protests, video shows, with dozens of protesters being filed into buses by authorities.
My generation doesn't know why the heck they're protesting for Palestine
April 27, 2024 | 8:00amForget the three r’s, these Ivy League elitists are schooled in the three i’s: ignorance, indoctrination and Instagram.
Jewish students feel betrayed by Columbia president allowing protests to continue
April 26, 2024 | 2:05pm“It’s like Woodstock for anti-Semites,” one Columbia student said of the school's "liberation zone," which has been allowed to continue.
Jewish students say Columbia is failing them terribly by coddling protesters. They're right
April 23, 2024 | 5:33pm"They’ve been enabled to really discriminate against us ... ," said a Jewish student of pro-Palestine protesters — who are wearing $300 beanies and enjoying a PB&J station.
I had a front-row seat to the 'liberated zone' madness at Columbia
April 18, 2024 | 6:55pmThese were no righteous freedom fighters — though they are surely self-righteous. These are radicals receiving a $90,000-a-year education and throwing temper tantrums.
Olivia Wilde, Charli XCX and average NYers reveal controversial opinions while riding subway
April 17, 2024 | 5:07pmThey're sounding off in the hilarious online series, "Subway Takes."
Last of the real-life Rosie the Riveters look back on how war efforts improved women's lives
April 17, 2024 | 6:00am“We didn’t get any special thanks when the war ended,” Lila Tomek, 101, told The Post after being honored with a congressional gold medal. “So it was such a surprise...
We were pushed to transition as teens — now we're 'vindicated' by study showing kids grow out of it
April 16, 2024 | 5:00am“I do think we’re at the start of a pendulum swing back," one detransitioner told The Post. “It just sucks that so many people had to suffer.”
'Sticking out your gyat for the rizzler': How to understand your Gen Alpha child
April 9, 2024 | 5:19pmGen Alpha memes like Skibidi Toilet and slang like "sigma," "gyat" and "fanum tax" already have Zoomers scratching their heads. And what's the deal with Ohio?
Student exchange program swaps kids in red and blue states
April 6, 2024 | 10:00am“I learned there's always at least one common thing with every person in this world if you're open to talking," one student said of American Exchange Program.
Gen Z is giving up smartphones for flip phones — but life without a map app is almost impossible
April 4, 2024 | 5:12pm“I think this is going to become a trendy thing,” one Zoomer told The Post. “If your style is like Y2K, it definitely makes your aesthetic look way more put...