Here is an email I sent to Columbia's admissions office and various Columbia faculty members. I encourage others to do something similarily. We should make a concentrated effort to have Sheherazad Jaafari's admission to Columbia revoked: ________________________________________________________________________________ Although you may not be directly involved in the acceptance of Sheherazad Jaafari, you should nonetheless feel ashamed of your school. We all know her acceptance into your prestigious program was not based on academics, but rather connections. If Barbara Walters did not contact your school and "recommend" Jaafari, she would not be a student at Columbia. Just think, a well deserving student who met your criteria for admission was not allowed in, because a connected student took her place. How does it feel knowing one of your students frequently emails and supports a Syrian President who has oversaw the killing of over 15,000 people in the past 15 months? Think about this for a moment: Her father is the Syrian Ambassador to the UN and her father has lied to the world about who is conducting the terror in Syria. Sheherazad is no different than her father. We all know, that Barbara Walters was extremely grateful to be the only American media person granted an interview with Assad. Sheherazad Jaafari did Walters a favor by securing the interview with the tyrannt Assad and subsequently Walters did her a favor by securing admission. Columbia should do the "ethical" thing and revoke Ms. Jaafari's admission immediately.