Denver's Auraria campus shifting to remote learning due to pro-Palestinian protests

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DENVER — All three schools within Denver’s Auraria Campus will be switching to remote learning in response to a growing encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who continue to call on university officials to break financial and academic ties with Israel over its war in Gaza.

In a message posted on their website, Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) officials said all campus buildings will be locked starting Friday at 6 p.m. “until further notice,” adding that all buildings on campus will be restricted to critical personnel and operations. Access to dorms will be badge access only.

Faculty and staff were advised to speak with their respective institutions for additional guidance.

Metro State University officials sent staff a message of their own, telling employees that MSU Denver would “operate in a limited capacity and under a heightened level of security over the weekend.” Officials asked that all employees take any personal belongings and materials they may need to “potentially work remotely next week.”

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1. And just like that. The protesters are shutting down.

Demonstrators dismantle Auraria Campus encampment after 3-week protest

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DENVER — Demonstrators on Friday night took down their tents 22 days after they established an encampment on the Auraria Campus to protest Israel's military action in Gaza.

Khalid Hamu, an organizer of the encampment, told Denver7 they have broken down the main camp and spread out into smaller sections around the campus. Demonstrators plan on disbanding all camps by tomorrow, according to Hamu.

Hamu called the protest a success and said this is not an end to their movement.

Protests at the campus began as an encampment on Tivoli Quad on April 25. Demonstrators with the group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered to demand that CU cut ties with Israel and fully disclose its financial investments amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. SDS later included MSU Denver in its demands.