Celeste Alcalay conducted interviews over the encampment with an organizer for Students for Justice in Palestine.
Although all of the students received their degrees, some students and professors have alleged misconduct by the University throughout the proceedings.
UCUP is organizing a rally during convocation to protest the University withholding degrees from students currently involved in the “Disciplinary System for Disruptive Conduct.” The students' cases will not have been resolved before graduation on June 1.
Protesters held the IOP for less than half an hour and then rallied outside President Alivisatos’s house around 10 p.m. on Friday.
The action comes less than two weeks after the pro-Palestine encampment ended.
The deployment of armed police against peaceful student protesters is antithetical to the principles of free speech and neutrality.
Organizers spoke about the aftermath of Tuesday morning’s raid, which cleared the “UChicago Popular University for Gaza” encampment nine days after its inception on April 29.
Police began clearing the encampment shortly after 4:30 a.m.
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Several faculty leaders spoke on the state of negotiations with University administration, expressed disapproval against potential use of police force, and framed the encampment as an embodiment of free expression.
The Maroon archives present a lineage of student’s radical action and civil disobedience.
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When asked to comment, the University referred the Maroon to a statement confirming that substantive negotiations with organizers were ongoing.
Kids played, made art, and painted protest signs in the pro-Palestine encampment.
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