Columbia sets deadline for agreement with protesters, threatens 'alternative options' for clearing protesters
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Columbia University has set a deadline for administrators and anti-Israel demonstrators to reach an agreement and end the encampment on campus.
Shafik said in a message to the university community Tuesday night that if discussions are unsuccessful, administrators would have to "consider alternative options for clearing the West Lawn and restoring calm to campus so that students can complete the term and graduate." The university has already moved to hybrid learning for the remainder of the semester over safety concerns sparked by the protest.
Around the expiration of the midnight deadline, a student demonstrator announced on the university's South Lawn that administrators had extended the negotiation deadline to 8 a.m., the university's student newspaper, the Columbia Spectator, reported.
Then around 3:15 a.m., a campus spokesperson released a statement saying that university officials and protest organizers were hashing out four main agreements and there is now a 48-hour window for negotiations — there was no mention of an 8 a.m. deadline extension.
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