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Kenwood Academy students participated in a sit-in on campus during the school day on Wednesday, and later held a march to the University of Chicago encampment in support of Palestine.

 

The University of Chicago announced it was prepared to “intervene” to remove the pro-Palestine encampment from the school’s Main Quadrangle, president Paul Alivisatos said Friday, claiming student protestors have created a “systemic disruption” on campus. Meanwhile, tensions heightened Friday afternoon when a group of fraternity brothers marched to the encampment carrying American flags, ...

CHICAGO — The University of Chicago sent an alert Friday afternoon asking people to avoid the Main Quad due to “physical altercations.” SkyCam9 over the scene showed hundreds of people at the Main Quad with what appeared to be pro-Palestine protesters and pro-Israel protesters. The encampment began on Monday by pro-Palestine protesters. It’s one of […]

In his most recent message to the school community on Friday, University of Chicago President Paul Alivisatos says the four-day encampment for Palestine “cannot continue” and the university will “intervene.”

Protesters' demands have focused on divestment — demanding universities cut ties with Israel and businesses supporting the war in Gaza.

Bill Ayers, the co-founder of the far-left militant group the Weather Underground, spoke to anti-Israel agitators at a University of Chicago encampment.

Hundreds of University of Chicago students set up an encampment in the Main Quadrangle on Monday, joining groups on over 100 university campuses nationwide in support of Palestinians.

Joining large-scale protests on college campuses across the country, students at the University of Chicago set up an encampment Monday that they say they plan to occupy until administrators heed their concerns and divest from companies with ties to Israel, including weapons manufacturers supplying arms to Israel’s military. After setting up more than a dozen tents in the Main Quadrangle on the ...

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