Tensions rise at Columbia after deadline to clear encampment
Tensions rose on the Columbia University campus as pro-Palestinian protesters refused to comply with a deadline to pack up their encampment.
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Tensions rose on the Columbia University campus as pro-Palestinian protesters refused to comply with a deadline to pack up their encampment.
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The protesters are trying to get the university's attention after they felt their request for the school to divest from Israel was ignored at a meeting on Thursday. CBS New York's Dick Brennan reports.
The students were warned they would be suspended if they didn't pack up the nearly two-week-old encampment on the main lawn of the campus in Upper Manhattan. CBS New York's Lisa Rozner reports.
Students were told to clear the nearly two-week-old encampment or face suspension after talks between the pro-Palestinian protesters and university broke down.
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Sunday marked the 12th day of protests at Columbia University and the mood was calm as an array of tents remained on the lawn. CBS New York's Lori Bordonaro reports.
Columbia University officials are denying claims of "an impending lockdown or evictions on campus" and say their talks with pro-Palestinian student protest organizers are continuing.
Columbia University officials denied claims of an "impending lockdown or evictions on campus" amid ongoing talks with pro-Palestinian protesters camped out on the main lawn for nearly two weeks. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
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Columbia University has given students until Friday morning to reach an agreement to dismantle their pro-Palestinian protest on the school's main lawn.
As the encampment at the school continued for an eighth day Wednesday, some Jewish and pro-Israel students wrote to the school president to complain about the conditions on campus. CBS New York's Lisa Rozner reports.
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