Pro-Palestinian protests have popped up on college campuses across the country, but from the eyes of students, what are we missing?

From the outside these protests are painted as really violent when that couldn't be further from the truth.

I'm Brittany Loose, host of NPR's, It's Been a Minute,

and I'm inviting you to hear from student journalists who see what the rest of us cannot.

On It's Been a minute from NPR.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst.

New York City officials say almost half of the people arrested at pro-Palestinian protests at two campuses there this week aren't

affiliated with either school.

That follows repeated claims by the city's mayor that outside agitators escalated the protests that led to the arrests. the to reveal how many of those arrested at Columbia University and City College of New York were students.

Protest at Columbia hit a churning point on Tuesday after demonstrators took over Hamilton Hall.

School officials said outsiders unaffiliated with the school were leading the occupation of the building and the school called in the NYPD.

Many demonstrators later moved to protest at nearby City College. The city said Thursday that 134 of the

282 people arrested at both schools were not students or faculty there.

Students have criticized the heavy use of force by police who showed up in

riot gear.

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