Columbia University cancels main commencement after protests that roiled campus for weeks A student walks in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Workers remove tents and debris from a Pro-Palestinian encampment set up in front of Geisel Library at UC San Diego, Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared the campus encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Workers remove tents and debris from a Pro-Palestinian encampment set up in front of Geisel Library at UC San Diego, Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared the campus encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Police officers clash with Pro-Palestinian protesters at UC San Diego Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared a campus encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
Students and passersby watch from a nearby building steps as Pro-Palestinian protestors gather outside a student encampment on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after a 2:30pm deadline passed to leave the encampment, Monday May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)
Police officers clash with Pro-Palestinian protesters at UC San Diego, Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared a campus Pro-Palestinian encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
A student protester works on her laptop in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Graduate student Bataya Kline speaks at a Pro-Palestinian rally Monday, May 6, 2024 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where a weeklong encampment has grown to more than 100 tents. Wesleyan officials have said they will allow the encampment to remain as long as the protests are peaceful and do not disrupt campus life. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
Graduate student Bataya Kline speaks at a Pro-Palestinian rally Monday, May 6, 2024 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. where a weeklong encampment has grown to more than 100 tents. Wesleyan officials have said they will allow the encampment to remain as long as the protests are peaceful and do not disrupt campus life. (AP Photo/Pat Eaton-Robb)
Pro-Palestinian protestors stand on Massachusetts Avenue near a student encampment on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after a 2:30pm deadline passed to leave the encampment, Monday May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)
Police officers look on as a worker removes signs from a Pro-Palestinian encampment set up in front of Geisel Library at UC San Diego, Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared the campus encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
A demonstrator carries a Palestinian flag beside a line of demonstrators Monday, May 6, 2024, in at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. after several hundred demonstrators crossed torn down barricades and joined pro-Palestinian demonstrators that been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A Pro-Palestinian protester is hit with a baton by a police officer at UC San Diego, Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared a campus encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters at UC San Diego Monday, May 6, 2024, in San Diego. Police cleared a campus Pro-Palestinian encampment in the early morning Monday. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
A sign is seen on the fence in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag, Monday, May 6, 2024, in at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. after several hundred demonstrators tore down barricades and joined pro-Palestinian demonstrators that been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Demonstrators storm breached barriers to join a pro-Palestinian encampment, Monday, May 6, 2024, in at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A demonstrator carries supplies over breached barriers to join a pro-Palestinian encampment, Monday, May 6, 2024, in at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A man cheers after fellow demonstrators breeched barricades that had been erected around a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Protesters crossed the barricades to join other pro-Palestinian demonstrators who'd been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Demonstrators lock arms after crossing breeched barricades around a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Protesters crossed the barricades to join other pro-Palestinian demonstrators who'd been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Demonstrators tear down barricades that had been erected outside a pro-Palestinian encampment atthe Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Monday, May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Several hundred demonstrators crossed the barricades to join pro-Palestinian demonstrators that have been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
Demonstrators breech barricades that had been erected outside a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Several hundred demonstrators crossed the barricades to join pro-Palestinian demonstrators that been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag at a pro-Palestinian encampment at MIT, May 6, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Several hundred demonstrators crossed breached barricades to join pro-Palestinian demonstrators that been given a deadline to leave the encampment. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)
A New York City police officer walks past seating that was to be used for a large graduation ceremony at Columbia University in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. The university says it is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests. Smaller school-based ceremonies are still on for this week and next. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
A New York City police officer looks over the center of Columbia University, the usual site of a large graduation ceremony, in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. The university says it is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests. Smaller school-based ceremonies are still on for this week and next. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
New York City police officers stand on the Columbia University campus, amongst the equipment that was to be used to host a large graduation ceremony, in New York, Monday, May 6, 2024. The university says it is canceling its university-wide commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protests. Smaller school-based ceremonies are still on for this week and next. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A student walks in a pro-Palestinian encampment at Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus Monday, May 6, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)