The occupiers vowed to remain in the building until Columbia University concedes to its demands.
Students with the Gaza Solidarity Encampment take over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University naming it Hind's Hall, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in New York. the building early Tuesday morning, zip-tying doors shut and stacking wooden furniture against exterior entrances. The intruders hung a banner on the building, renaming it as “Hind’s Hall” after a Palestinian child killed during the fighting in Gaza.
A representative of Columbia University Apartheid Divest , who stated she did not directly represent the protesters, told reporters Tuesday the students inside are now expecting the university to allow food and water into the building. Students in the building also say they expect the school “to not violently stop” aid deliveries.
They're also asking for a commitment from Columbia for food and water to be brought in,” the CUAD memberof the students occupying the building Tuesday. The occupiers vowed to remain in the building until “Columbia concedes to CUAD’s three demands: divestment, financial transparency and amnesty.” “It’s up to them to not threaten us with food insecurity, evictions and soldiers and militarized police,” the CUAD representative said of Columbia leaders. “It’s crazy to say because we’re literally on an Ivy League campus, but this is basic humanitarian aid we’re asking for, like could people please have a glass of water?”the occupation in a public safety hazard, urging students to avoid the university’s Morningside campus.
They’re obligated to provide food to students who pay for a meal plan here,” the representative said. “Do you want students to die of dehydration and starvation or get severely ill?”The chaos at Columbia is one of several protests enveloping college campuses across the country as the academic year draws to a close. Video circulating social media TuesdayJackson Walker on X at @_jlwalker_ for the latest trending national news. Have a news tip? Send it to [email protected].
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