Columbia Says Student Protesters Agree to More Talks and to Remove Some Tents

Columbia University awoke Wednesday to a calendar that lays bare the breadth of its troubles.House Speaker Mike Johnson was expected on campus to visit with Jewish students. The university president, Nemat Shafik, was preparing to confer with the university senate, which could censure her as soon as Friday. And protesters and university officials were negotiating over the possible dismantling of an encampment that is dominating a swath of the campus lawn.Overnight, the university and protesters narrowly avoided another confrontation that could have involved the police.Dr. Shafik had warned…