Dozens of Columbia University students are occupying Hamilton Hall, one of the campus buildings occupied during 1968 student protests, according to a social media post early Tuesday from Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine.
Overnight, protesters on campus made their way from the West Lawn encampment to Hamilton Hall, one of the main academic buildings for undergraduates.
A large group of protesters rallied in front of Hamilton Hall early Tuesday, chanting the call-and-response, “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now.”
Hours earlier, the university announced it had begun suspending students who refused to leave the encampment before a 2 p.m. Monday deadline set by the administration.
At least six protesters were arrested at Tulane University on Monday after tents were set up on the campus in New Orleans that day, a university public safety official said.
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee warned protesters who established an encampment on its campus Monday that “camping on campus grounds is unlawful” and violates state code.
Police in Richmond responded to protesters at Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus Monday.
