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Little more than the length of a football field separated the crowds, but their politics were worlds apart.

More than 1,000 protesters have been arrested on campuses in at least eight states, including at Emerson College and Northeastern University in Massachusetts, following confrontations with police in recent days.

As police dressed in riot gear removed protesters from an occupied academic building at Columbia University in New York City Tuesday night, students demonstrating on campuses at Boston-area colleges remained in place at their encampments protesting Israel’s military action in Gaza.

A group of MIT faculty said in a statement that they believe the administration will move against the protestors encamped on Kresge Lawn within the next 48 hours.

The latest scandal, with allegations of rape at the Sigma Nu fraternity house, arises after apparently willful ignorance by a new regime of campus leaders.

The USC furor signals a pivotal moment for the American college fraternity system, as more Greek members and student coalitions mount protests against an often toxic culture.

USC President Carol Folt acknowledged a "troubling delay" in warning the campus community about allegations of drugging and sexual assault by a fraternity last month

Fingerpointing, outrage after Trump pardons Miami developer charged in college admission scandal Updated Jan 21, 2021; Posted Jan 21, 2021 Thomas Barrack chaired President Trumps inaugural committee. He has enjoyed a direct line to Washington and beyond after years of doing favors and deals. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS)TNS Facebook Share Federal prosecutors had accused Robert Zangrillo, a Miami developer, of a costly and criminal effort to secure his daughter’s entry to the U...

From left: Robert Zangrillo, Geoff Palmer, Tom Barrack and President Donald Trump (Getty, iStock) Donald Trump’s White House claimed developer Geoff Palmer lobbied the former president to pardon Miami developer Robert Zangrillo, whom federal prosecutors had charged in the college admissions scandal. The Trump administration said the pardon was also supported by Colony Capital chairman Tom Barrack, but Barrack denied that, according to the Los Angeles Times. Trump granted the pardon in his fin...