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Student protesters gather inside their encampment on the Columbia University campus, on April 29, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, File)

As students return to Columbia, the epicenter of a campus protest movement braces for disruption

By Jake Offenhartz - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Sheri Biggs for Congress Campaign shows Biggs. Biggs is a nurse practitioner making her first run for political office. (Sheri Biggs for Congress Campaign via AP)

Sheri Biggs wins GOP nod for U.S. House in South Carolina over Trump-backed candidate

By Jeffrey Collins - Associated Press

Using a tactical vehicle, New York City police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York Tuesday, April 30, 2024, after a building was taken over by protesters earlier Tuesday. Hundreds of police officers swept into Columbia University on Tuesday night to end a pro-Palestinian occupation of an administration building and sweep away a protest encampment, acting after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and restore order on campus.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg blasted for dropping cases against suspects in Columbia building takeover

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators after defying orders to leave at an encampment on the UCLA campus, in Los Angeles, May 2, 2024. Colleges and universities have long been protected places for free expression without pressure or punishment. But protests over Israel's conduct of the war in Gaza in its hunt for Hamas after the Oct. 7 massacre has tested that ideal around the world. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

The Israel-Hamas war is testing whether campuses are sacrosanct places for speech and protest

By Laurie Kellman and Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

A student protester parades a Palestinian flag outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)

Columbia accused of letting anti-Israel protesters win by canceling main graduation

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Columbia Journalism School student Cecilia Blotto stands in front of Hamilton Hall on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in New York, where, hours earlier, New York police burst in to break up a demonstration by protesters who had occupied the building. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Columbia University student journalists had an up-close view for days of drama

By Heather Hollingsworth - Associated Press

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick speaks outside a Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens

By Marc Levy - Associated Press

Members of the New York Police Department strategic response team load arrested protesters from Columbia University onto a bus, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. After entering the campus, a contingent of police officers approached Hamilton Hall, the administration building that student protesters began occupying in the morning. (AP Photo/Julius Motal)

Nearly half of anti-Israel ‘student’ protesters arrested at Columbia, CCNY weren’t students

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza Stirp, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza, Thursday, May 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks

Associated Press

FILE - A person is carried away at a pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA late Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. Dueling groups of protesters clashed at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)

Today’s campus protests aren’t nearly as big or violent as those last century — at least, not yet

By Allen G. Breed and Jocelyn Gecker - Associated Press

This Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014, photo, shows the new stadium at the University of Houston in Houston. The University of Houston will use powder blue alternate uniforms for its football team, reversing a previous choice to shelve the look under threat from the NFL. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Karen Warren)

University of Houston decides to use Oilers theme on football uniforms despite NFL threats

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Students protest where they camp outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York. Early Tuesday, dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall, locking arms and carrying furniture and metal barricades to the building. Columbia responded by restricting access to campus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool)

Columbia threatens to expel student protesters occupying academic building

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Students with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment block the entrance of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University after taking it over on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in New York. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine called for mobilization close to midnight. Students have been occupying part of campus since April 17, calling for the university to divest from institutions that have ties to Israel. (Marco Postigo Storel via AP)

Columbia shuts down campus after anti-Israel protesters take over Hamilton Hall

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

New York City police officers take people into custody near the Columbia University campus in New York Tuesday, April 30, 2024, after a building taken over by protesters earlier in the day was cleared, along with a tent encampment. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Mayor Adams blames ‘outside agitators’ after 282 protesters arrested at Columbia, City College

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Students with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment block the entrance of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University after taking over it on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in New York. Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine called for mobilization close to midnight. Students have been occupying part of campus since April 17, calling for the university to divest from institutions that have ties to Israel. (Marco Postigo Storel via AP)

Students take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall as suspensions begin

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times