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A group of around 11 Northeastern students, many of whom were arrested Saturday morning at the Gaza solidarity encampment on Centennial Common, held a press conference Monday morning outside of Boston Municipal Court in Roxbury. The conference was held following the 9 a.m. arraignment of Kyler Shinkle-Stolar, who identified himself as a fifth-year biology major...

Tensions around the Israel-Hamas war, student protests in support of Palestinians, and police crackdowns on demonstrators are dominating the conversation and throwing end-of-semester routines into disarray.

More than 200 students from Emerson College and Northeastern University face arraignments throughout this week and next following their arrests during sweeps of pro-Palestine encampments.

College students across the country are protesting Israel’s attacks on Gaza. But what exactly are they demanding from their universities?

The encampment protest launched at Northeastern Thursday morning drew hundreds of Northeastern students to Centennial Common throughout the day. As the afternoon went on, groups of outside participants from Boston-area universities and organizations joined the masses of people chanting and organizing on the lawn. Each demonstrator had a different perspective and reason behind their involvement....

In Boston, students are demonstrating at Harvard University, MIT, Tufts University and Emerson College. Northeastern University students are now also joining in...

Just hours before, Emerson students were arrested and their own encampment cleared out as demonstrators continue to put up tents across campuses in protest of the war.

‘The university has not been listening,’ one student said.