Tag: Campus

Protesters Scuffle with Police, Campus Closed – HotAir

Students at the University of Southern California set up a tent camp Wednesday to emulate the protest taking place at Columbia and other schools. The encampment in Alumni Park — where the university’s main-stage commencement is scheduled to take place next month — went up before sunrise and grew into the late morning as students, […]

Senate Republicans prod Justice Department to crack down on ‘antisemitic, pro-Hamas mobs’ on campus

The Biden Justice Department has zeroed in on Catholics, pro-life activists, and rowdy parents at school-board meetings, but Senate Republicans wish the feds would turn their attention to those supporting blood-soaked terrorists. Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, led a letter from 27 Senate Republicans urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to […]

Spread of campus ‘Gaza solidarity encampments’ fuels arrests, antisemitism concerns

Anti-Israel demonstrations and encampments grew Tuesday despite college administrators’ efforts to turn down the temperature, spurring more arrests as pressure mounted to restore order and protect Jewish students. “Gaza solidarity encampments” have sprung up at about a dozen universities, including Columbia, Yale, Tufts and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, stoking security concerns on campuses already […]