Columbia University begins suspending students after warning to clear out of protest camp [View all]
Source: NBC News
Students defied Columbia University's orders to vacate their pro-Palestinian protest by 2 p.m. Monday, despite warnings of suspension and after the school's president said it would not divest from Israel — a demand that has sparked protests on college campuses across the country.
"We have begun suspending students," Ben Chang, vice president for communications and a spokesperson for Columbia University, said around 5 p.m., about three hours after the deadline passed.
The university had told student demonstrators to vacate by 2 p.m. or else “be suspended pending further investigation” and barred from completing the spring semester.
At the encampment, now in its second week, participants voted nearly unanimously to stay put.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/columbia-university-president-says-negotiations-protesters-stalled-sch-rcna149755
= new reply since forum marked as read