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.
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.
Columbia University says it will not divest from Israel, and talks have broken down with student protesters to dismantle their pro-Palestinian encampment. CBS New York's Lisa Rozner has the latest.
Columbia University says it will not divest from Israel, and talks have broken down with student protesters to dismantle their pro-Palestinian encampment. CBS New York's Christina Fan has the latest.
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.
Columbia University has given students until Friday morning to reach an agreement to dismantle their pro-Palestinian protest on the school's main lawn.
The school has given students a Friday deadline to clear their pro-Palestinian encampment from the main lawn. CBS New York's Christina Fan reports on the negotiations.
Columbia University appears to have extended the deadline for pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse from the school's main lawn.
As demonstrators continue to make their demands, many students told CBS New York's Mahsa Saeidi they are having a hard time getting work done.
CBS New York's Ali Bauman has been following this situation since the start and has more from Morningside Heights.
Classes at Columbia University are fully remote Monday, as pro-Palestinian protests over the Israel-Hamas war stretched into their sixth day.
Mostly peaceful protests of the Israel-Hamas war continued for a sixth day at Columbia University on Monday. Inside the growing encampment, the protesters said they will not leave until all of their demands are met. CBS New York's Christine Sloan reports.
The demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas were in their sixth day on Monday, and were often intense, chaotic and noisy. CBS New York's Dave Carlin has the latest from Morningside Heights.
With Passover set to being at sundown on Monday, the university is taking new measures to ensure that students remain safe. CBS New York's Shosh Bedrosian reports.
More than 100 protesters have been arrested since the pro-Palestinian demonstrations started on Columbia University's campus. CBS New York's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators reoccupied Columbia University's main lawn for a fourth day of protests in Upper Manhattan.
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators have reoccupied Columbia University's main lawn for a third day of protests in Upper Manhattan. CBS New York's Christina Fan has the latest.
Police arrested protesters at Columbia University at a makeshift encampment set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on the university's quad. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports.
Some arrests were made during Thursday morning's demonstrations outside Columbia's Morningside Heights campus. CBS New York's Doug Williams reports.
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