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April 24, 2024

Crackdown Continues on College Campuses Against Pro-Palestinian Students
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Campus protests continue to spread. At the University of Minnesota,
police arrested nine students who refused to take down a pro-Palestinian
encampment. In California, the campus of Cal Poly Humboldt was shut down
after students occupied a building. In Massachusetts, officials at
Harvard University have closed Harvard Yard ahead of possible protests.
Harvard has also suspended the student group Palestine Solidarity
Committee. Meanwhile, New York University has put up a plywood wall
around Gould Plaza, where police arrested students on Monday. And
students at Columbia University have reportedly been given a deadline to
shut down their Gaza Solidarity Encampment. Suspended Barnard College
student Soph Askanase spoke on Tuesday.

Soph Askanase: "I cannot and could not stand to be complicit in our
university's ongoing support for Israel's genocidal campaign. There are
no universities left in Gaza, so we chose to reclaim our university for
the people of Palestine."



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