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Students and pro-Palestinian activists face police as they gather outside of Columbia University to protest the university's stance on Israel's war in Gaza. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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NYC mayor says 'outside agitators' are co-opting Columbia protests—students disagree

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Vargas Arango, 22, is a second-year student at Miami Dade College, studying business and psychology. Eva Marie Uzcategui for NPR hide caption

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College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast

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Student loan borrowers and advocates gather for the People's Rally To Cancel Student Debt During The Supreme Court Hearings On Student Debt Relief on February 28, 2023 in Washington, DC. Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People's Rally hide caption

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Counterprotesters try to dismantle a pro-Palestinian encampment set up on the University of California, Los Angeles campus in the early hours of Wednesday. Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Columbia University faculty and staff gather on the campus in solidarity with student protesters on Monday. Stefan Jeremiah/AP hide caption

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How some faculty members are defending student protesters, in actions and in words

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Using a tactical vehicle, New York City police enter an upper floor of Hamilton Hall on the Columbia University campus in New York on Tuesday, after protesters took over the building earlier in the day. Craig Ruttle/AP hide caption

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An Atlanta police officer takes down tents on the campus of Emory University after a pro-Palestinian demonstration Thursday in Atlanta. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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As pro-Palestinian protests spread, more university leaders weigh police involvement

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A man holds up a Palestinian flag as activists and students chant, surrounding piled barricades at an encampment at University Yard at George Washington University on April 29. Kent Nishimura/Getty Images hide caption

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Today's college protests over the Gaza war echo history — but there are differences

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Dozens of tents are seen on a lawn inside the Columbia University Campus after students refused to take down the encampment by the 2 p.m. EDT deadline given to students protesting by Columbia President Minouche Shafik. Luiz C. Ribeiro/Tribune News Service/Getty Images hide caption

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Students protest the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. Protests and encampments have sprung up on college and university campuses across the country to protest the war. Cliff Owen/AP hide caption

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Bernie Sanders is pictured in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 3 in Washington, D.C. Sanders accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of using claims of antisemitism as a deflection of criticism of the war. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Bernie Sanders says Netanyahu is attacking campus protests to deflect war criticism

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People flutter a Palestinian flag in Lisbon during a Dec. 8, 2023, demonstration in support of the Palestinian people and demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. Armando Franca/AP hide caption

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Pro-Palestinian protesters gather at an encampment on the Columbia University campus in New York City on April 25, 2024. Leonardo Munoz/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Activists and students participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University on Thursday. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Eleanor Stein, law and human rights professor at State University of New York, was among hundreds of students protesting the Vietnam War in 1968 on Columbia University's campus. Eleanor Stein hide caption

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What a 1968 Columbia University protester makes of today's pro-Palestinian encampment

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Dazhon Darien had allegedly used the Baltimore County Public Schools' network to access OpenAI tools and Microsoft Bing Chat before the viral audio file of Pikesville High School Principal Eric Eiswert spread on social media. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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Students occupy the campus Columbia University on Friday, calling for the school to divest from companies with ties to Israel. Alex Kent/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Gaza solidarity protests sweep U.S. colleges; SCOTUS tackles Starbucks union case

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