与加沙战争有关的抗议活动在全国各地的学院和大学爆发。
许多亲巴勒斯坦的抗议者呼吁他们的大学从以色列军事行动中撤资，而校园里的一些犹太学生称抗议活动是反犹太主义的，并说他们担心自己的安全。
学生抗议——其中一些变成了昼夜不停的营地——随后在全国爆发逮捕和学生开除在纽约市的哥伦比亚大学。耶鲁大学、纽约大学、哈佛大学、德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校、南加州大学和哈佛大学的学生更多的人发起了抗议.
南加州大学在抗议声中发布疏散令
在持续的抗议以色列-哈马斯战争中，校园警察在南加州大学发布了驱散命令。
LAPD警方包围了校园里的校友公园，虽然大部分人群已经散去，但估计有50名抗议者仍留在公园里。
在X周三晚上分享的更新中，该大学公共安全部表示，“如果你在校园中心，请离开;LAPD将逮捕那些不驱散的人。”众议院议长呼吁哥伦比亚总统辞职，如果她不能控制抗议活动
在...期间参观哥伦比亚大学众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊和他在纽约州众议院的共和党同事一起呼吁该校校长米诺什·沙菲克辞职，除非她能改善他所说的她在处理校园反以色列抗议活动中的失败。
在大学校园的新闻发布会上，约翰逊说，沙菲克应该下台，“如果她不能立即恢复混乱的秩序。”
约翰逊说:“作为众议院议长，我今天承诺，当犹太学生被期待逃命并呆在家里，在恐惧中战斗时，国会不会保持沉默。”新闻发布会现场非常喧闹，约翰逊和其他众议院共和党人人自始至终被嘘和诘问——他们的声音有时几乎被人群的叫喊声淹没。
哥伦比亚大学发言人本·昌周三晚些时候在与记者的简报中表示，沙菲克周三与约翰逊会面，大学行政部门的其他成员致力于确保校园社区的安全并结束露营。南加州大学更新社区抗议，校园关闭
南加州大学(University of Southern California)教务长兼负责学术事务的高级副校长安德鲁·古兹曼(Andrew T. Guzman)给该校的学生、教职员工和其他成员发了一封信，提供了校园内发生的最新情况。
古兹曼重申大学“重视言论自由，保护我们社区每个成员表达自己的权利”，但补充说，“我们有关于自由表达的时间、地点和方式的限制的既定政策。”
古兹曼说，关闭校园的呼吁源于多赫尼图书馆外的抗议者与保安之间的对抗。据校方称，安全人员要求抗议者离开并拆除他们搭建的帐篷，但抗议者拒绝了。古兹曼表示，抗议者中有许多人与南加州大学无关。
古兹曼说:“他们的行动已经升级到对抗的地步，并已威胁到我们的军官和校园社区的安全。”
根据古兹曼的说法，在另行通知之前，只有具有“南加州大学身份或可核实的商业目的的人才能进入校园，上课和参加活动”的人才能进入校园。
“在这个充满挑战的时代，我们呼吁特洛伊家庭记住，我们社区的每个成员都值得尊重，都有权在校园里安全、上课和参加其他校园活动，而不必担心受到骚扰或欺凌。每个人都应该以善意和关怀对待彼此，”他说。哥伦比亚行政人员否认国民警卫队部署的谣言
哥伦比亚大学发言人告诉媒体，该校校长米诺什·沙菲克和管理人员在与众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊会面后表示，他们致力于确保校园社区的安全并结束露营。
该校公共事务办公室副主任张本(Ben Chang)告诉记者，在西草坪扎营引发了严重的安全问题，但该校一直在与学生就结束扎营进行对话，这些讨论将是“成功的”
他驳斥了国民警卫队将参与其中的传言，并称这些报道是虚假的和“未经证实的”。常说，大学一直与NYPD保持联系，并将继续前进。
据Chang说，该大学将不得不考虑在毕业前结束夏令营的“替代选择”。
他补充说，到目前为止，抗议者已经承诺拆除“相当数量”的帐篷，目前只有哥伦比亚大学的学生将参与露营。
Chang说，目前，晨边校区将只对持有哥伦比亚大学身份证的人开放。
College protests live updates: USC closes main campus to public
Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza.
Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of funds from Israeli military operations, while some Jewish students on the campuses have called the protests antisemitic and said they are scared for their safety.
The student protests -- some of which have turned into around-the-clock encampments -- have erupted throughout the nation followingarrests and student removalsat Columbia University in New York City. Students at schools including Yale University, New York University, Harvard University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Southern California andmore have launched protests.
Dispersal order issued at USC amid protests
Campus police have issued a dispersal order at the University of Southern California amid ongoing protests over the Israel-Hamas war.
LAPD officers have surrounded Alumni Park on campus, and while much of the crowd has dispersed, an estimated group of 50 protesters remain in the park.
In an update shared on X Wednesday evening, the university’s Department of Public Safety said, "If you are in the center of campus, please leave; LAPD will be arresting people who don’t disperse."House Speaker calls on Columbia president to resign if she can't control protests
Duringa visit to Columbia University, House Speaker Mike Johnson joined his New York House Republican colleagues in calling on the school's president, Minouche Shafik, to resign unless she can improve what he called her failure to handle the anti-Israel protests on campus.
During the news conference on the university's campus, Johnson said Shafik should step down "if she can't immediately bring order to this chaos."
"As speaker of the House, I am committing today that the Congress will not be silent as Jewish students are expected to run for their lives and stay home from -- fighting in fear," Johnson said.The scene at the news conference was rowdy itself, as Johnson and other House Republicans got booed and heckled throughout -- their words sometimes nearly drowned out by shouting from the crowd.
Shafik, who met with Johnson on Wednesday, and the rest of the university administration are committed to ensuring the safety of the campus community and ending the encampment, Columbia spokesman Ben Chang said in a briefing with reporters later on Wednesday.
USC updates community on protest, campus shutdown
Andrew T. Guzman, the provost and senior vice president for Academic Affairs at the University of Southern California, sent a letter to the school's students, faculty and other members with an update on the situation taking place on campus.
Guzman reiterated the university "values freedom of expression and protects the right of every member of our community to express themselves," but added, "We have well-established policies regarding limits on the time, place, and manner of free expression."
Guzman said the call to shut down the campus stemmed from a confrontation between protesters outside the Doheny Library and security. Security members asked the protesters, many of whom Guzman said weren't affiliated with USC, to leave and remove tents they set up, but the protesters refused, according to the school.
"Their actions have escalated to the point of confrontation and have threatened the safety of our officers and campus community," Guzman said.
Until further notice, only people with "USC identification or verifiable business purpose will be able to access campus, attend classes, and participate in activities" will be allowed on campus, according to Guzman.
"In these challenging times, we call on the Trojan Family to remember that every member of our community is deserving of respect, has the right to be safe on campus, take classes, and participate in other campus activities without fear of harassment or bullying. It should be everyone’s priority to treat each other with kindness and care," he said.Columbia administrators deny rumors of National Guard deployment
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik and administrators said they are committed to ensuring the campus community's safety and ending the encampment following their meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, a school spokesman told the press.
Ben Chang, the school's vice president of the Office of Public Affairs, told reporters that the encampment on the west lawn has raised serious safety concerns, but the university has been in a dialogue with students on ending it and those discussions will be "successful."
He refuted rumors that the National Guard would become involved and called those reports false and "unsubstantiated." Chang said that the university has been in contact with the NYPD and will continue to be going forward.
The university will have to consider "alternative options" to end the encampment in time for graduation, according to Chang.
Protesters so far have already committed to dismantling "a significant number" of tents and only Columbia students will be involved in the encampment at this point, he added.
For the time being, the Morningside campus will only be open for people with a Columbia ID, Chang said.
