See photos of pro-Palestinian protest at Cal Poly Humboldt that is shutting down campus
Paul Kitagaki Jr.
Cal Poly Humboldt remained shut down on Wednesday after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied an administration building Monday in the heart of the Arcata university campus.
The barricaded building is surrounded by sympathetic demonstrators, who have filled the quad with messages calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Classes have shifted to remote instruction through Wednesday, according to university announcements.
Similar protests are underway across the country, including ones at Columbia University in New York and UC Berkeley.
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TORONTO — Tents, banners and flags cropped up at the centre of the University of Toronto's downtown campus Thursday as students set up an encampment to call on the institution to cut its ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. The students said they breached a fence that had been installed around an area on campus known as King's College Circle around 4 a.m. to establish their protest encampment in solidarity with the Palestinian people. They said they were joining students at other unive
Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several universities on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities this week. In the pre-dawn hours, helmeted police swarmed a tent city set up at the University of California in Los Angeles, using flash bangs and riot gear to push through lines of protesters who linked arms in a
A pro-Palestinian protest encampment set up at the University of Toronto has entered its second day as students involved call on the school to cut ties with Israel over the ongoing war in Gaza. (May 3, 2024)
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Pro-Palestinian protesters who have been camping at Montreal's McGill University were confronted with a rival pro-Israel protest. Police were on hand to keep the two sides apart as they held peaceful demonstrations. (May 2, 2024)