End-of-year FEST at DePaul canceled with protest encampment continuing
CHICAGO -- The 2024 FEST at DePaul University has been canceled, with a pro-Palestinian protest encampment still in place on campus and tensions having escalated.An announcement on social media said: 'Given the campus environment, FEST 2024 cannot proceed as planned. We will refund all student and guest tickets in full to those who have already purchased tickets.
'The school says within that message, the administration's response to the demands and additional terms set out Saturday were rejected by the students.'They kind of released out emails kind of making it seem as if we're the ones who didn't want to negotiate anymore, but that wasn't the case. We are fully willing to negotiate,' protester Henna Ayesh told CBS 2 over the weekend.Students told CBS 2 they want to continue to negotiate.
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