Why it matters where people protest

Get the Full StoryStudent protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict have spread to campuses across the country. Where they happen and what form they take speaks volumes about the future students would like to see.

On May 1, all that remained of Columbia University s Liberated Zone, the Gaza Solidarity encampment that students formed on the campus s South Lawn, were pale-yellow patches of grass where more than 100 tents once stood. It is a ghostly reminder of more than two weeks of occupation that ended in a brutal confrontation with law enforcement.

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