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Columbia University is rethinking its commencement plans after weeks of pro-Palestinian protests ended with authorities forcing their way into a barricaded school building and arresting dozens of people, according to a source at the university and two members of student government. The source at the university said the main commencement ceremony was slated to be canceled, but smaller events were still being planned.
Protests at Columbia’s upper Manhattan campus erupted April 17 when students pitched about 50 tents while demanding a cease-fire in Gaza and insisting the university divest from companies that they say could be profiting from the war. Authorities cleared out the protesters, but they returned — and encampments quickly appeared at college campuses across the country.
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