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Protests continue to bring upheaval to U.S. colleges

New York officials are facing scrutiny after an NYPD officer accidentally discharged a firearm while police were clearing pro-Palestinian protesters from a building at Columbia University earlier this week. Meanwhile, officers clashed with protesters who occupied a library at Portland State University, and at Brown, administrators and students peacefully reached a deal to dismantle an encampment. Lilia Luciano has the latest on the nationwide protests.

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Campus unrest: Will protests make a difference?

It's been an upsetting time on American college campuses, where protests over the war in Gaza, fueled by social media, have divided students, faculty and administrators. Why are protests erupting now? And are they effective? Correspondent David Pogue talks with Michael Kazin, a veteran of 1960s anti-war protests; Dan Mogulof, public affairs officer at UC Berkeley; and Georgetown University protest organizer Selina al-Shihabi, about the tensions between free speech and public safety.

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