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Protesters were arrested at the University of Minnesota and Yale, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would come to Colombia to communicate with Jewish academics about anti-Semitism on campus.
By Troy Closson
While a wave of pro-Palestinian activism on school campuses showed little sign of abating Tuesday, the protests raised new questions about what the end of the semester will look like for thousands of academics across the United States.
At Columbia University, where the arrest of more than 100 protesters sparked a nationwide wave of protests, students will have the option to attend their final week of classes remotely for safety reasons. At the University of Texas at Austin, protesters announced their goal of occupying a campus plaza and claimed that, at least for them, “categories are canceled. “
And at the University of Michigan, principals were already in the long run and preparing to graduate. They set up designated spaces for protests and agreed to “be patient in general with legal disturbances. “
“Opening ceremonies have been the symbol of free speech and nonviolent protest for decades,” the university said in an online post, adding, “And most likely will continue to be. “
These measures reflect the fact that the final weeks of spring may be among the most difficult for the principals of some of the country’s most prestigious universities. On Tuesday, police on the campus of the University of Minnesota arrested nine more people after setting up a protest encampment. after dozens of arrests at Yale and New York University.
Other protests continue to erupt from coast to coast, including those at the University of New Mexico and Emerson College. At California Polytechnic University in Humboldt, academics stormed campus construction and blocked exits with chairs and trash cans.
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