Supporters of the new law said they hope it will cut down the number of false reports.
The encampment was set up Wednesday morning in the UT Dallas Chess Plaza. The students are seeking a response to the group's demands from administration.By 8 a.m. barricades and several tents were set up in UTD's Chess Plaza, which the protestors are referring to as the"Gaza Liberation Plaza," according to a press release from Students for Justice in Palestine . The same group previously staged a 10-hour sit-in Tuesday, April 23 in a wing of UTD's administration building.
The group is calling on UTD administration to divest from companies linked to Israel and the war in Gaza, including defense contractors Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. This is the first encampment at a North Texas university but not the first protest. University of North Texas students staged a protest without incidentAfter last Tuesday's sit in, UT Dallas President Richard Benson agreed to meet Friday to discuss student's demands. The meeting ended as representatives from SJP walked out after delivering a letter containing the students demands, according to the release. signed by Gov.
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