Columbia sees protests on first day of classes as other schools investigate, prepare

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>>IN NATIONAL NEWS AT LEAST TWO ARRESTS WERE MADE TODAY IN NEW YORK CITY AS DEMONSTRATORS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS TO MARK THE KICKOFF OF THE FALL SEMESTER. HERE'S NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT KAYLA GASKINS >>A DRAMATIC FIRST DAY OF CLASSES AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TUESDAY. OH MY GOD. STUDENTS AND FACULTY RETURNING TO CAMPUS MET WITH ROWDY, ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS. A HISTORIC STATUE ON CAMPUS DOUSED IN RED PAINT. THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY STILL REELING FROM THE PREVIOUS SCHOOL YEAR, FILLED WITH PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS, ALLEGATIONS OF RAMPANT ANTI-SEMITISM, A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING AND THE RESIGNATION OF THEIR PRESIDENT. THE SCHOOL'S FACULTY PUBLISHING A NEW REPORT SHOWING JEWISH STUDENTS WERE SPAT ON, PINNED AGAINST WALLS AND CHASED OFF CAMPUS DURING THE UNREST. THE 91 PAGE REPORT CONCEDED, ALTHOUGH SOME FACULTY RESPONDED WITH COMPASSION OTHERS MINIMIZED THE STUDENTS CONCERNS REACTING INEFFECTIVELY EVEN TO THE MOST CLEAR CUT VIOLATIONS. TEMPLE UNIVERSITY IN PHILADELPHIA, NOW INVESTIGATING A RECENT DEMONSTRATION THAT STARTED OFF PEACEFUL BRICK BY BRICK, WALL BY WALL, THEN TOOK A TURN WHEN PART OF THE DEMONSTRATION, LED BY STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE, TARGETED THE SCHOOL'S JEWISH HILLEL CENTER AS THE OCTOBER 7TH ANNIVERSARY DRAWS NEAR. THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ANNOUNCING THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW UNIVERSITY SPONSORED EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE THAT DAY, REVOKING PERMISSION FOR A PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED VIGIL BY PRO-PALESTINE GROUPS TO HONOR THOSE KILLED BY ISRAEL. MARYLAND'S CHAPTER OF STUDENTS FOR JUSTICE IN PALESTINE, RESPONDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITH A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, WE WILL NOT BACK DOWN. WE WILL NOT WAVER FROM OUR CAUSE. MEANWHILE, EXPERTS CONTINUE TO POINT OUT IRAN IS FUNNELING MONEY INTO THE U.S. FUNDING GROUPS THAT FUEL MANY ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS AT UNIVERSITIES. ADMINISTRATION'S APPROACH TO DEMONSTRATIONS COULD LOOK DIFFERENT THIS FALL, THANKS TO A RULING INVOLVING PROTESTS AT UCLA. THE JUDGE BARRING THE SCHOOL FROM ALLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS THAT BLOCK JEWISH STUDENTS FROM ACCESSING CAMPUS FACILITIES. THIS CALIFORNIA JUDGE, SETTING A PRECEDENT FOR COURTS TO RULE AGAINST ADMINISTRATIONS THAT ALLOW PROTESTS THAT IMPACT LEARNING. IN WASHINGTON, I'M KAYLA GASKINS

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