Protests are roiling college campuses nationwide as administrators with graduation ceremonies next month face demands that schools cut financial ties to Israel against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war.
"People should have the ability to air their views and to share their perspectives publicly but it has to be peaceful," Kirby said on ABC's "This Week." Across town, the University of Southern California said on X that its University Park campus was again open to students, staff, faculty and registered guests. USC announced restrictions on nonresidents Saturday after USC property was vandalized by members of a group the university said "has continued to illegally camp," disrupt operations and harass people.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said in a social media post that she and two of her campaign managers were among those arrested. Northeastern said in a statement that the demonstration, which began two days ago, had become "infiltrated by professional organizers" with no affiliation to the university and antisemitic slurs, including "kill the Jews," had been used.The Huskies for a Free Palestine student group disputed the university's account, saying in a statement that counterprotesters were to blame for the slurs and no student protesters "repeated the disgusting hate speech.
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