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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.
A Feb. 22 email notified graduating students in the College of Natural Sciences and the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences of a new guest limit for senior ceremonies this year.
“And so now it’s up to the University to follow suit,” attorney Rachel Weber said following the Eastern Hampshire District Court’s decision to reduce the arrested students’ charges to civil infractions.
The protest was held in light of a recent arrest of a Black female undergraduate student.
From child care providers to airports to offices that process Social Security and work with veterans, federal agencies in Western Massachusetts and organizations that rely on federal dollars here say a federal shutdown would not immediately affect their operations.