And Columbia University is ending negotiations with protesters saying they've
been unable to come to an agreement.
The school is flatly rejecting demands to divest from Israel
and asking protesters to disperse voluntarily.
This is police are cracking down on the growing number
of protests at colleges and universities across the country.
AB CS Alex Perche joins me now from Ohio State
University with more Alex.
Hundreds of people were arrested at pro Palestinian protests over
the weekend.
Now more students are calling for their colleges to divest.
From Israeli military operations, meanwhile,
some Jewish students say that they're facing threats on campus.
What's the latest on all of this?
Well, Diana, I want to get to that,
but we actually, we have a little bit of breaking
news specifically from Columbia University,
which is another one of those universities where a lot
of the student body has been asking for the college
to divest from Israeli investments and and and and also
support for Israel. They recently sent out a memo to
students saying that if you do not identify or if
you do not identify yourself and leave that encampment on
the university premises by 2:00 PM,
you will not be in good standing and will be
suspended.
Pending further investigation and so this is kind of a
further escalation and that tension on the university's campus between
students and and and and pro Palestinian protesters and and
some of the faculty and administration and and law enforcement
there.
We've seen those clashes over the weekend not just at
Columbia but across the country students trying to make their
voices heard along with other organizers.
That's been the case here at at Ohio State as
well.
We saw a. A big protest.
Hundreds gathered specifically here Thursday night into Friday.
They were met by state troopers and also university police.
A couple dozen arrests there.
And actually many of those folks that were arrested are
being arraigned today.
Another set are gonna be arraigned on Wednesday.
But I mean, you see things are relatively quiet,
at least here in in in in Ohio.
And partly because I mean classes,
final exams wrap up tomorrow.
A lot of students have already kind of moved off
campus.
But there's a big discussion here,
not just about these demands from some of these these,
these, these protest organizers. But also the response,
and one of the big pushback,
specifically here at Ohio State,
was the police response, not just students but also some
faculty members talking about that.
They thought that that that it was a little more
forceful than need be.
All right. Alex Proche at Ohio State in Columbus,
thank you.