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Columbia students continue protest after deadline passes
Negotiations continued at Columbia University as hundreds of protesters set up camp in and around the campus. News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Hundreds of pro-Israel protesters descend on Columbia campus as sweep threat looms
Rumored deadlines of a sweep of the Columbia University encampment have come and gone, but students protesting on the Manahttan campus continued their efforts Friday to urge the administration to divest from companies providing funding to Israel. Negotiations between university administrators and protesters occupying the school’s West Lawn have stretched into another day despite word police were expected to...
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University protests continue at college campuses in New York City
Protests and demonstrations continue Friday at Columbia University and CUNY over the Israel-Hamas war. News 4’s Romney Smith and Tracie Strahan report.
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Demonstrators at Columbia University face looming deadline to disperse
News 4’s Melissa Colorado with the latest from Morningside Heights.
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Deadline approaching for protesters to leave Columbia University
News 4’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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Negotiations continue between Columbia protesters and university over encampment
Negotiations are continuing between Columbia University administrators and protesters over an encampment that has been set up on the school’s West Lawn, according to students involved in the negotiations. The students said they will not leave the lawn until the school complies with demands to cut ties with Israeli-linked companies. The students have also asked the university to show...
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House Speaker Mike Johnson visits Columbia amid campus protests
Speaker Johnson visits Columbia following days of Pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson calls on Columbia University president to resign
The president of Columbia University is facing mounting pressure to step down, amid more pro-Palestianian protests and a visit to campus by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson. Demonstrators face a new deadline to clear out their encampment, as tension remains in and around the Ivy League school. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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GOP Speaker Johnson demands Columbia president resign, hints at using National Guard
Student protesters at Columbia University have committed to dismantling and removing a significant number of tents from the West Lawn, university officials said Wednesday, citing “important progress” in negotiations overnight. The development comes hours after Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, facing mounting calls to resign over the burgeoning crisis, issued students a midnight deadline to come up with a plan…
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Columbia University president issues deadline for agreement with protesters to leave encampment
The president of Columbia University, Minouche Shafik, issued a deadline to protesters on her campus to come to an agreement by midnight Tuesday to vacate a pro-Palestinian encampment. “I fully support the importance of free speech, respect the right to demonstrate, and recognize that many of the protestors have gathered peacefully,” Shafik said in a letter to the school community….
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Tense protests continue at NYU and Columbia, as demonstrators call for end to Israel-Hamas war
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at two New York City campuses showed no signs of relenting Tuesday, even after more than a hundred arrests at NYU. A plywood wall was built to block Gould Plaza, as demonstrators moved to nearby Washington Square Park. At Columbia, where classes will be remote until the end of the semester for safety, students continued to defy campus...
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Pro-Palestinian protests continue at colleges across the US
Protests against the Israel-Hamas war have sprung up at college campuses across the United States, with many offering online classes through the end of the semester.
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120 arrested at NYU protest; Columbia president urged to resign over campus ‘anarchy'
A plywood wall was erected around NYU’s Gould Plaza early Tuesday, hours after 120 pro-Palestinian demonstrators, in solidarity with their Columbia colleagues, were arrested for defying a university order to leave. All but four of the 120 arrested at NYU were released on trespassing summonses. The others received desk appearance tickets for charges including resisting arrest and obstruction of governmental…
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More than 100 arrests at NYU pro-Palestinian protest as tensions flare on local college campuses
Romney Smith reports on more than 100 arrests at NYU pro-Palestinian protest.
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Pro-Palestinian protests take over Columbia and NYU amid heightened tensions
Tensions have continued to escalate at Columbia University as pro-Palestinian encampments spread to other campuses in the city, including NYU. Out of an abundance of caution, the Morningside Heights school ordered its classes go virtual. At NYU, demonstrators held their ground despite being given a deadline to disperse in the afternoon. NBC New York’s Chris Jose and Jessica Cunnington...
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What's happening at Columbia University as classes shift remote during protests
The president of Columbia University moved all classes remote for Monday, citing ongoing pro-Palestinian protests at the Ivy League school’s Morningside Heights campus and increasing reports of student fear in calling for a “reset.” Romney Smith reports live from Morningside Heights.
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Dozens arrested at NYU protest as intensifying tensions force Columbia to go remote
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested after defying a deadline by New York University to leave the area Monday evening, hours after the president of Columbia University moved all classes remote for Monday, citing ongoing protests at the Ivy League school. Students had gathered on university property in front of the Stern School of Business, setting up dozens of tents…
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Columbia University moves classes online amid protests
Columbia University goes virtual on the sixth day of a pro-Palestinian encampment and protests on campus.
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Tensions remain on Columbia campus as protests stretch on
Protests on the Manhattan campus continued for a fifth day in the face of new arrests. News 4’s Jessica Cunnington reports.
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More than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University campus
More than 100 protesters were arrested at Columbia University and given a summons for trespassing after the administration for the Ivy League school called in the NYPD to clear out an encampment. NBC New York’s Jessica Cunnington reports.