This came after university officials suspended students who refused to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment.
NEW YORK – Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a building at Columbia University on April 30, escalating a battle with administrators who have begun suspending students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the New York campus.
The takeover of Hamilton Hall began shortly after midnight, as protesters marched around campus to chants of “free Palestine”. Some three hours after the students entered the building, the school sent out a notice saying that, effective immediately, access to the Morningside campus has been limited to students residing in residential buildings on campus and employees providing essential services.
Students in the encampment, along with hundreds of supporters, had spent a tense afternoon rallying around the site in a show of force meant to deter the removal of its tents.
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