April 29, 2024 - Columbia begins suspending student protesters

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Samantha Delouya, Eva Rothenberg, Aditi Sangal and Amir Vera, CNN

Updated 6:18 PM ET, Tue April 30, 2024

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Columbia University, the epicenter of the weeklong pro-Palestinian protests, said it has begun suspending students who refused to abide by a deadline to vacate the campus encampment. Another Ivy League school, Cornell University, said it was suspending student protesters who declined to move to an alternate location.
In a lawsuit filed Monday, an anonymous Jewish student alleged that Columbia has failed to provide a safe learning environment during the ongoing demonstrations.
Elsewhere, Brown University said it will hear a group of students and faculty members’ “arguments for divestment” in May if the campus’ encampment is ended “within the next few days,” while Northwestern University said it reached an agreement with demonstrators to limit the scope of the protests.
Dozens of protesters were arrested Monday at the University of Texas in Austin, a student group said. Over the past week, hundreds of protesters have been arrested on over 20 campuses across at least 16 states. Click here for details.

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1:28 a.m. ET, April 29, 2024

Protesting is the "new sex" for American youth, says NYU professor

From CNN's Christian Edwards

Protesting has become the “new sex” for American youth, New York University Stern School of Business professor and author Scott Galloway told CNN.

“I think that protesting is kind of the new, if you will, sex. Young people aren’t having as much sex – I know how ridiculous that sounds, but for the species to survive you have to have young people connecting in terms of romantic opportunities,” Galloway said Saturday.

“And also for the species to survive, you get a dopa(mine) hit from gathering together and fighting off a perceived enemy. And I think they're erring on the latter, if you will. I think they're on the hunt for what I call a fake mortal enemy.”