Activists will ask USC President to initiate ‘emergency campus student dialogue' amidst Israel-Hamas war protests

A demonstration at USC is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., at the USC entrance on the corner of Hoover Street and Jefferson Boulevard.Activists on Monday plan to ask USC President Carol Folt to initiate an “emergency campus student dialogue” in response to campus protests over the war in Gaza.

A demonstration at USC is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., at the USC entrance on the corner of Hoover Street and Jefferson Boulevard.The groups have gathered at USC and UCLA in recent days to demonstrate support for Palestinian and Israeli efforts in the Middle East during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.At UCLA, police set up barricades before hundreds of protesters from both sides joined a growing crowd Sunday near tents where pro-Palestinian students have been housed 24 hours a day.

Across town, the University of Southern California said it was open Sunday after administrators closed the campus a day earlier due to what the school called USC drew criticism after refusing to allow the valedictorian of this year's class, who has publicly supported the Palestinian cause, to deliver a commencement speech. Administrators then scrapped filmmaker Jon M. Chu's keynote speech. Last week, the school announced the cancellation of its main graduation event, a day after police in riot gear arrested more than 90 protesters.At least one school, the University of Southern California, canceled its main graduation ceremony this spring.

Protesters on both sides of the rancorous debate shouted and shoved each other during dueling demonstrations Sunday at the University of California, Los Angeles. The university stepped up security after “some physical altercations broke out among demonstrators,” Mary Osako, vice chancellor for UCLA Strategic Communications, said in a statement. There were no reports of arrests or injuries.

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