A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, in New York on Apr 30, 2024. as part of pro-Palestinian protests face being expelled from their academic programs, the latest move in a standoff with school officials.
Student protesters sit and watch outside Hamilton Hall, where students at Columbia University continue protesting in support of Palestinians and barricaded themselves inside the building despite orders from university officials to disband a protest encampment or face suspension, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2024.
The unrest has swept through US higher education institutions like wildfire, with many student protesters erecting tent encampments on campus grounds from Connecticut to Texas to California after around 100 protesters were first arrested at Columbia on Apr 18.Columbia said its threat of expulsion and other responses were aimed at the actions of the protesters, and not at their cause.
"As we said yesterday, disruptions on campus have created a threatening environment for many of our Jewish students and faculty and a noisy distraction that interferes with teaching, learning, and preparing for final exams, and contributes to a hostile environment in violation of Title VI," Chang said, referring to the code which protects students from discrimination or harassment.
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