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Pro-Palestinian Encampments Surface at Campuses Nationwide
Many students have been demanding that their schools end financial ties to Israel and weapons manufacturers.
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Joe Biden and the Israel-Gaza War
Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Donald Trump, “unprecedented”; tech in school; how sorrow changes us; California’s property taxes.
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New Nutrition Guidelines Put Less Sugar and Salt on the Menu for School Meals
The Agriculture Department finalized a new rule to bring the meals more in line with federal dietary standards.
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Columbia Sets Midnight Deadline For Talks to End Encampment
The university, which asked the police to arrest protesters last week, will consider “alternative options” for clearing the lawn if an agreement is not reached.
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Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns
The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.
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Using Police to Clear Protesters, Universities Struggle to Calm Campuses
Students were arrested at N.Y.U. and Yale on Monday. But at Columbia, that approach led to a new encampment and demonstrations outside its gates.
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A Night Different From Others as Pro-Palestinian Protests Break for Seder
Pro-Palestinian protesters, many of whom are Jewish, prepared Seder dinners at college protest encampments, even as other Jewish students sought community in more traditional settings.
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On Columbia’s Campus, a Protest Encampment Grows and Tensions Flare
On a day the university president asked students to stay home, a tent city on a campus lawn kept growing, protesters met in tense confrontations and police and politicians converged to weigh in.
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Man Charged With Hate Crime After Break-In at Rutgers Islamic Student Center
Jacob Beacher is accused of stealing a Palestinian flag and causing $40,000 in damage to religious artifacts at Rutgers University during the Eid-al-Fitr holiday.
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Columbia’s President, Nemat Shafik, May Face a Censure Resolution
The university senate is expected to vote as early as Wednesday on a resolution censuring Nemat Shafik, a reaction to her testimony before Congress and the arrests of student protesters.
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The Columbia Protests are Spreading to Other College Campuses
Demonstrations appeared to be unfolding mainly at universities in the Northeast, although protests spread to some other campuses.
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