Coverage dated April 29, 2024

Columbia University protests: Hundreds of demonstrators take over Hamilton Hall

Headline from FOX 5 New York

Dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in NYC, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

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  1. Wyoming Public Media

    Protesters at Columbia University have begun occupying a campus building (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Students began occupying Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning. The university's public safety department urged people to avoid coming to the Morningside campus Tuesday if they could.

  2. FOX 5 New York

    Columbia University protests: Hundreds of demonstrators take over Hamilton Hall (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    Dozens of protesters took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in NYC, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war.

  3. CBS News

    Columbia says protesters occupying Hamilton Hall face expulsion after breaking in overnight. Read the statement (opens CBS News)

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    Columbia University has threatened expulsion to pro-Palestinian demonstrators who occupied Hamilton Hall overnight.

  4. WFMZ Allentown

    Protesters take over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Dozens of protesters haven taken over a building at Columbia University in New York, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation

  5. WFMZ Allentown

    Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters occupying an administration building (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Standoffs between pro-Palestinian protesters and U.S. college administrators appear to be coming to a head. Columbia University in New York limited campus access after protesters took over a building early

  6. amNewYork

    Madness at Columbia University: Pro-Palestine protesters storm and seize campus building as chaos intensifies (opens amNewYork)

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    Chaos erupted at Columbia University as the ongoing demonstration took a destructive turn when pro-Palestine protesters besieged and occupied a building on

  7. Blaze Media

    Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University academic building; officials close all school entry gates except one (opens Blaze Media)

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    Pro-Palestinian protesters overnight took over Columbia University's Hamilton Hall — an academic building that 1968 protesters occupied during civil rights and Vietnam War demonstrations — and school officials on Tuesday morning closed all campus entry gates except one, WNBC-TV reported. What are ..

  8. NBC News

    Columbia protests live updates: Hamilton Hall building occupied by pro-Palestinian students (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    Follow NBC News' live coverage for updates as pro-Palestinian protesters take over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University after leaving their encampment.

  9. France 24

    Pro-Palestinian student protesters take over Columbia University building (opens France 24)

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    Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations…

  10. CBS News

    Columbia protesters move to Hamilton Hall overnight, some break inside. What (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Columbia University protesters have set up a new demonstration at Hamilton Hall, a building demonstrators occupied during 1968 anti-Vietnam war protests.

  11. The Guardian

    Pro-Palestinian protesters take over Columbia University building (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    UN human rights chief ‘troubled’ by law enforcement crackdown on campus demonstrations as dozens more are arrested in Texas, Utah and Virginia

  12. WSVN Miami

    Protesters take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports (opens WSVN Miami)

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    WSVN Miami's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a

  13. Voice of America

    Protesters take over Columbia University building, demand school divest from Israel (opens Voice of America)

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    Takeover of Hamilton Hall comes a day after the school suspended students for refusing to take down tents

  14. Newsweek

    Columbia protesters storm Hamilton Hall (opens Newsweek)

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    Footage posted on social media shows protesters smashing the glass of the academic building's doors and locking it shut.

  15. NPR

    Protesters at Columbia University are now occupying a campus building (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Demonstrators opposed to the Israel-Hamas war continue to turn out at schools across the country despite the risk of arrest, academic suspension and police force.

  16. The Buffalo News

    Protesters take over Columbia University building in escalation of Israel-Hamas war demonstrations (opens The Buffalo News)

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    The Buffalo News's feed description

    Standoffs between pro-Palestinian protesters and U.S. college administrators appear to be coming to a head. Columbia University in New York limited campus access after protesters took over a building early

  17. Mother Jones

    Students at Columbia occupy building—echoing protests of the past (opens Mother Jones)

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    The "autonomous protesters" said they will not leave until university administrators meet their demands for divestment from Israel, financial transparency, and amnesty for pro-Palestinian protesters.

  18. Newsweek

    'Columbia Will Burn': Campus Protesters Refuse to Back Down (opens Newsweek)

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    Students defied a deadline to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment at the university, then some occupied Hamilton Hall in a move reminiscent of a 1968 protest.

  19. Wyoming Public Media

    Columbia University protesters occupy a campus building, echoing 1968 (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    Wyoming Public Media's feed description

    Students began occupying Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning. Now, access to the Manhattan school is restricted to essential-service employees and students who live in on-campus residential halls.

  20. Salon

    Pro-Palestine protesters take over campus building at Columbia University (opens Salon)

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    A student organization said Hamilton Hall had been taken over by an "autonomous" group of pro-Palestine activists

  21. Digital Journal

    Activists occupy Columbia building as US campus protests flare (opens Digital Journal)

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    Demonstrators at Columbia University barricaded themselves inside a campus building early Tuesday, escalating a standoff with school officials as

  22. Rolling Stone

    Columbia University Protesters Occupy Campus Building (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Columbia University students occupied Hamilton Hall in an escalation of pro-Palestinian campus protests.

  23. Fox News

    Anti-Israel mob rebrands iconic Hamilton Hall following insurrection at Columbia (opens Fox News)

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    A massive group of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University escalated their demonstrations on Tuesday when they took over the iconic Hamilton Hall.

  24. NBC New York

    PHOTOS: Columbia University student protesters take over Hamilton Hall (opens NBC New York)

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    A look outside and inside Columbia University's Hamilton Hall, which was taken over by pro-Palestinian protesters early on April 30 following more than a week...

  25. NBC 4 Columbus

    Columbia University threatens to expel student protesters who occupied administration building (opens NBC 4 Columbus)

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    NBC 4 Columbus's feed description

    NEW YORK (AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on college campuses nationwide.

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