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Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Tuesday, April 30th, 2024. This is the

excerpt. Today, student protesters are being suspended at Columbia.

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Columbia University's administration said yesterday,

it has begun suspending students hours after demonstrators

to fight a deadline for clearing the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus, which

fueled similar protests at colleges across the country.

Spokesperson Ben Chang said the university had notified students, they would be suspended if they did not

vacate the encampment by 2 p.m. Eastern time yesterday after the sides failed to reach an agreement

earlier in the day. The site, he said, has created an unwelcoming environment for many Jewish

students and faculty and it has been noisy at the center of campus but protest

organizers note that many demonstrators in their space are, including several of the more than 100 arrested

when the university asked police to break up another encampment on April 18th.

Columbia protesters demand the school halt investments with companies

profiting from Israel's war against Hamas and Gaza and they want amnesty for

students and faculty involved in the protest.

Elsewhere at Ohio State or more than 40 protesters were arrested last week,

school President Ted Carter said in an email yesterday that the university will not

be overtaken like other campuses.

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