Students at Columbia University staged an encampment in 1968 to protest against the university’s plans to build a gym in a Harlem park. Pro-Palestine students had set up tents to hold a demonstration on the same day that Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testified in Congress about reports of antisemitism on the campus. “All University students participating in the encampment have been informed they’re suspended,” Columbia said.
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The New York University (N.Y.U.) has apologised for not making their values explicit after backingAway from the protest on New York City’s Fifth Avenue last week. In its apology letter, N.Y.U. said it didn’t make its values explicit after backing away from the protest, conducted by the Democratic Socialists of America. The group had organised the protest against the death of Eric Garner.