Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war roil US campuses ahead of graduations

People listen to a speaker at a pro-Palestinian encampment inside Columbia University, April 28, 2024, in New York. LOS ANGELES — Colleges around the country implored pro-Palestinian student protesters to clear out tent encampments with rising levels of urgency Monday as classes wrap up for the semester and campuses prepare for graduation ceremonies.

At Columbia University, the site of the first protests, dialogue since last week between academic leaders and student organizers to dismantle encampments has not progressed, the university president said Monday. Protesters at Yale University set up a new encampment with dozens of tents Sunday afternoon, nearly a week after police arrested nearly 50 demonstrators and cleared a similar camp.

About 275 people were arrested Saturday at various campuses including Indiana University at Bloomington, Arizona State University and Washington University in St. Louis. The number of arrests nationwide has surpassed 900 since New York police removed a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Columbia University and arrested , with the students and a growing number of faculty demanding amnesty for protesters.

Student demonstrations have sprung up across the U.S. in various locations including New York, California, Missouri, Indiana, Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia.Pro-Palestinian protesters on Washington University's campus, April 27, 2024, in St. Louis, Mo.

Across town, the University of Southern California said it was open Sunday after administrators shut down the campus a day earlier because of what the school called vandalism and disruptions. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said in a social media post that she and two of her campaign managers were among those arrested.

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