Post by Murph on Apr 30, 2024 7:51:02 GMT -6
Students breach campus building as Columbia suspends pro-Palestinian protesters
Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University broke into the Hamilton building on campus early Tuesday, smashing a glass door to move their encampment inside after the institution's administration ordered to dismantle it.
The building, the historic site of the 1968 anti-Vietnam War and anti-racism protests, became the new center of demonstrations against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
On Monday, Columbia began suspending student activists who refused to dismantle the protest camp, following a deadlock in negotiations aimed at resolving the contentious demonstration. University President Nemat Minouche Shafik said in a statement that days of negotiations between student organizers and academic leaders had failed to persuade demonstrators to remove the dozens of tents set up to express opposition to Israel's war in Gaza.
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