Students are calling for the two universities to divest investments from firms profiting from the Israel-Hamas war.
Fifteen Princeton students took over an administrative building at the Ivy League school Monday afternoon, according to the Princeton Gaza Solidarity Encampment, while Rutgers University protestors have set up an encampment of at least a dozen tents on Voorhees Mall in New Brunswick.Thursday for starting to put up tents.
When asked about the possibility of further arrests, a Princeton spokesperson Monday referred to a letter to students last week from W. Rochelle Calhoun, the Vice President for Campus Life, who said occupying buildings and establishing outdoor encampments are prohibited. Earlier Monday, Rutgers student protestors put up about a dozen tents on Voorhees Mall. On April 2 the student body voted that the university should divest from companies involved in the Israel-Hamas war.Rutgers did not comment about its policy on encampments, but issued a statement about the numerous steps required to divest investments, noting that President Jonathan Holloway was opposed to the move.
In the statement, Holloway said, “Our students want to make a difference in a struggle that has cost far too many innocent lives and that threatens so many more. I respect their right to protest in ways that do not interfere with university operations or with the ability of their fellow students to learn.”
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