More than 2,100 arrested at anti-Israel protests nationwide as police clear college encampments

Former NFL defensive end Marcellus Wiley said he is "disgusted" by the events taking place at Columbia University. 

Wiley, who played college football at Columbia, recently joined Dan Dakich on OutKick's "Don't @ Me" to address the ongoing protests at the Ivy League university. Similar demonstrations have been happening at college campuses across the U.S. in recent weeks.

"I'm disgusted," Wiley began. "I don't pick the political side… it doesn't matter what side you are politically on this one. You don't have the right to protest and be unruly. Now peacefully protest, go do it."

Wiley argued that protesting was not the "end all be all."

"I talk to these kids and I know my foundation, Project Transition, I'm always in the community and talking to these kids… half these kids don't even know why they out there protesting. It's unreal… like it's insane." Wiley told Dakich. "And the ones that do know also know that this is not the end all be all. There are other steps and measures you must take beyond protesting."

The former Buffalo Bills defender added that students' actions could impact their future.

"So I don't know why these kids are going to this extent… creating encampments, destroying their university, their property, their reputation, because when you leave people ask 'Where did you go to school?' and then their minds goes to two places. The positive, academic reputation, great curriculum…. and then awe Columbia… the place where all the protests, the place where all the kids can't even be controlled, the place where the leadership didn't step in fast enough, swift enough. So it damages your reputation, but we will rebound because we have to rebound."

Wiley then pointed to Stanford University's handling of student protests.

"I wish we would've handled it like Stanford. Saw some of the Texas schools, some of the Florida schools… Stanford wrote a letter, they said look before ya'll go outside let me just let you know the rules of engagement… you are allowed to protest these hours, these places, go ahead. That's what I wish Columbia would have did. And then after that if you want to violate these policies, there will be swift consequences." 

Fox News Digital's Chantz Martin contributed to this update.

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A violent, outside agitator arrested at the anti-Israel Columbia University protest is reportedly the privileged heir of a multi-million dollar ad empire, according to New York Police.

The New York Post reported that James Carlson, aka Cody Carlson, aka Cody Tarlow is a "longtime anarchist" with no known ties to Columbia University who was arrested when police raided the encampment at Hamilton Hall on Tuesday. Carlson is being investigated as a "possible leader" of the group of agitators that broke into the building and occupied it unlawfully, NYPD and City Hall sources told the Post.

The report identified Carlson, 40, as one of three children of prominent advertising executives Richard "Dick" Tarlow and his wife, Sandy Carlson Tarlow. Dick Tarlow died in 2022 at age 81 with an estate worth at least $20 million, according to court records.

James Carlson is heir to that fortune and owns a 2,893-square-foot, three-story brownstone with four wood-burning fireplaces and a carriage house purchased in Park Slope in 2019 for $2.3 million, property records and online listings show. 

Carlson has a lengthy arrest record dating back to 2005, with charges including burglary, reckless endangerment, criminal mischief, conspiracy and criminal trespassing, the Post reported.

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"Real Time" host Bill Maher took aim at President Biden's latest student loan handout proposal, insisting his own tax dollars, by extension, will be funding the "Jew hating" on college campuses. 

During Friday night's panel discussion, while discussing the anti-Israel unrest occurring at top universities in recent weeks, Maher said he gets "so incensed" at how many of the students participating receive federal aid. 

"When I read about the college loans… 'Biden administration's student debt cancelation will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion. That's a lot of debt forgiveness," Maher said. 

Maher continued, "Colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans. Okay, so my tax dollars are supporting this Jew hating? I don't think so."

Fox News contributor Kellyanne Conway said the student loan handout was unfair, telling Maher "You can't have plumbers and pipefitters playing for the student loans of doctors and lawyers."

"I'm all for the government trying to help people who need it, but he did that as a political play and everybody knows it. He's bleeding young people support." Conway added.

"And it hasn't worked," Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green chimed in. "If you look at issues that young people care about, Gaza is like 15th out of 16th. And the only thing that comes in lower than Gaza is student loan forgiveness. So it hasn't worked as a motivator for the youth vote, you know, half of which are out there chanting 'Genocide Joe.' So it's backfired not just in terms of public policy, but in terms of the politics, too."

Fox News Digital's Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this update.

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The rise of outspoken antisemitism on college campuses may come as a shock to many around America, but Israel's former special envoy to combat antisemitism said she's "not surprised." 

Noa Tishby said on "The Brian Kilmeade Show" that the "hip social justice" trend of anti-Zionism has been brewing beneath the surface for a long time.

"I think this is a fortuitous time, as you said, for our book Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew to come out because it's probably the most uncomfortable time to be a Jew in recent modern history," Tishby said.

Co-author and former NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho said the purpose of the book is to allow Americans to educate themselves, an act he argued is necessary as unrest continues to grow across the country. 

One freshman student at UCLA captured video of himself trying to attend class on campus when he was stopped by protesters. They questioned whether he was a Jew or a Zionist.

"Listen, this is Germany 1932," Tishby said in response to the video. "It's unbelievable that we're actually living through this again. And I think to the point of anti-Zionism being the new form of antisemitism, I think it's pretty clear right now that these things are intertwined."

Tishby explained that Zionism is a term referring to Jewish liberation and the belief that the State of Israel has a right to exist, a definition that she argued has been "hijacked."

"It was taken to mean something completely different. So Zionism was taken to mean that it's a movement that necessitates the genocide of Palestinians, and that is what people actually think and is not true," she said. 

Fox News Digital's Amy Nelson contributed to this update.

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Conservatives at the University of Wisconsin-Madison distributed American flags, pocket Constitutions and patriotic popsicles Friday to counter the anti-Israel encampment set up on campus.

The school's "Young Americans for Freedom" chapter joined forces with College Republicans of UW-Madison to send a message to the student protesters at Library Mall, local news station WMTV reported.

"We just want to show the school and all of the protestors that are here doing it illegally, that there is a way to voice your opinion, there is a way to exercise your First Amendment, but within the laws," said Harrison Wells, chairman of Young Americans for Freedom. 

Wells told WMTV that protests should be done peacefully and legally.

"I don't think anyone should be going to school where there's violence where there's outbreaks," he said. "I think this could all be solved if these groups just followed the laws and follow the rules. I don't think they would need to bring in police. Why would they if you're following the laws?"

But anti-Israel protester Mia Kurzer said the disruptive encampment is justified.

"People weren't really mad at people for saving Holocaust survivors when that was illegal and helping escaped slaves when that was illegal. So I think legality is just an interesting point," Kurzer told WMTV. 

Kurzer said the police presence at UW-Madison was unnecessary. 

"This is not an anti-Semitic protest and we were not causing any harm to anyone before the police came and brutalized people," she said. 

But Wells told WMTV the school administration should have done more to shut down the protest.

"When they first came in on Wednesday, they cleared out some of the tents, the tents were back up within, I think an hour," he said. "And then the school decided to negotiate. What precedent does that set for student groups in the future?"

Kurzer argued the protests would be legal if the university gave permission to set up the encampment.

"The law that is that people are referring to clearly states that people cannot camp without explicit permission," she said. "They could just give us permission and then it would be legal. The chancellor has the power to give us permission to tent here, and she is actively choosing not to."

University officials are in negotiations with protesters to end the encampment before finals begin on Sunday, WMTV reported.

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Anti-Israel protesters who are concealing their identities behind coronavirus masks and other face coverings while wreaking havoc on American college campuses are "gutless" and symbolize the "opposite of courage," critics tell Fox News Digital. 

The cloth coverings that played a prominent role in the lives of Americans during the pandemic have recently been thrust back into the national spotlight as demonstrators around the country are using them to hide their faces while calling for an end to the war in Gaza. But protests involving masked demonstrators at campuses such as Columbia University and UCLA have led to property damage, violence and hundreds of arrests. 

"It is the opposite of courage to hide behind a mask and to intimidate and menace, let alone physically harass or assault people," Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, told Fox News Digital. "But when schools allow this, it can create not just vulnerability but real danger for the campus community." 

"If you show up for an event dressed like a bank robber, I don't think it's unreasonable for people to ask are you really there to exercise your constitutional right to freedom of assembly - you have something else in mind," he added. 

One student who was protesting at New York University told Fox News this week that she was wearing a mask to protect against the spread of coronavirus.  

Other students around the country that spoke to The New York Times said they were masking up over concerns about having their identities exposed by pro-Israel groups accusing them of antisemitism or being the subject of viral videos and online harassment. 

"They are doing it just to hide their identity," Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., told Fox News Digital. "I feel like also they are probably paid - some of them are not university students and they are paid instigators, and so they are trying to hide that further." 

Fox News Digital's Greg Norman contributed to this update.

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New York University President Linda G. Mills described threats made against her and said outside agitators on campus were reasons why the school asked police to clear the anti-Israel encampment there.

In a message to the NYU Community, Mills said police were called in response to the violation of University rules and escalating risk of violent outbursts.

"As I said earlier this week, universities are typically able to solve community disputes using their own established tools," Mills said. "However, time and again across the US recently, those longstanding tools haven't worked, and the level of violence and the speed of escalation that has accompanied these encampments has been frightening."

New York Police Department officers cleared the encampment at NYU on Friday morning, making 56 arrests. Mills said the process took approximately 20 minutes and was nonviolent.

The university president said the police were brought in after negotiations with protesters failed to reach an agreement. Then on May 1, some 500 outside agitators broke off from a May Day march on Sixth Avenue and joined the encampment on Greene St. Walkway. 

"This led to hours of disruption, vandalism, and violence," Mills said. "One person—someone who objected to the demonstration—was struck with a thrown bottle. Eggs were thrown at demonstrators. A counter-protester was put in handcuffs. There were several calls from the encampment for outside actors to join their 'militant political space'."

Mills described how university administrators observed these events with growing horror before deciding to break up the encampment. She said there were continuing calls for outside agitators to join the protest, bomb threats made on April 25 and 26, threats directed at her personally and vandalism at the building which houses faculty.

"The University's senior leadership and I were compelled to conclude that we could not tolerate the risk of violence any longer and that we could not responsibly or in good conscience wait until something drastically worse were to happen in order to act. We needed to bring this to a close," Mills wrote. 

"That decision is underscored by what was found at the encampment site, including materials that reference 'Death to Israeli Real Estate,' 'Destroy Zionist business interests everywhere,' 'Enough with De-Escalation Trainings: Where are the Escalation Trainings!' 'You will not find a truce from us' and 'Death to America.' Moreover, there is a specific reference encouraging our students to 'welcome "outside agitators to our struggle."'"

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Anti-Israel agitators projected an image of President Biden over an American flag that hangs over GWU Law School at an encampment at University Yard on Friday. 

The large American flag was unfurled from Lisner Hall days after protesters draped a statute of President George Washington with the Palestinian flag.

The statue at George Washington University in Washington D.C. was defaced with the flag as well as notes and stickers calling for Palestinian liberation. 

Protesters also draped the statue with a keffiyeh, a scarf that has come to symbolize Palestinian solidarity.

President Biden has been a target of the protesters' ire for his continued support of Israel's right to defend itself after the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks. Israel's war in Gaza to eradicate Hamas has led to thousands of civilian casualties and drawn international condemnation.

Biden on Thursday condemned violent anti-Israel protests seen on U.S. college and university campuses, emphasizing, "Violent protest is not protected." 

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Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, praised the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill fraternity brothers for displaying "extreme courage" and "deep patriotism" after they defended the American flag from an anti-Israel mob on campus.

In a letter addressed to "the Brothers of Pi Kappa Phi" and obtained by Fox News Digital, Fallon commended the group of students who stepped in when anti-Israel agitators tried to replace the American flag with a Palestinian flag. 

UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts ordered police to return the American flag, but activists, some of whom were not affiliated with Chapel Hill, tried to take the flag down a second time. A group of fraternity brothers and other students took immediate action to stop Old Glory from hitting the ground. A photo of the moment went viral on social media.

"Your actions are not only commendable, but should be lauded from sea to shining sea!" Fallon wrote in the letter published Friday. "You've set a very high bar for American fraternities and university students as a whole. In the face of tumult, danger and hatred, the young men of Pi Kappa Phi set a clear example of American patriotism and stewardship. Thank you!"

Fox News Digital's Yael Halon contributed to this update.

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After a show of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus earlier this week when students prevented an American flag from hitting the ground and sang the National Anthem, students at Rutgers University followed suit.

Rutgers students on Thursday waved American flags and chanted "USA!" amid anti-Israel protests on Voorhees Mall at the New Brunswick, New Jersey, university. 

"Toward the latter half of their encampment yesterday, a handful of what I consider patriotic students went on campus and they obviously were chanting 'USA!' They sang the National Anthem," Rutgers student Jeremy Li, class of 2025, told Fox News Digital on Friday. "They were probably standing up for American values, despite all the conflicting chaos that's been happening on campus recently."

Li added that he thought the counter-protesters were "great to see."

"We're seeing a movement that started at UNC that I think hopefully will move across the country," he told Fox News Digital.

Li noted that because of the protests earlier this week, final exams were canceled on Thursday.

A Jewish Rutgers student named Abbey told Fox News Digital that "it's not right" for the school's large Jewish student community "to feel unsafe while trying to take their finals."

"I had a lot of friends here yesterday who were chanting 'USA' and 'all for Israel,' and I think that's really beautiful because that's what this country is all about," Abbey said.

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The U.S. Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights is investigating Atlanta's Emory University for alleged anti-Muslim discrimination on campus. 

The investigation comes as college campuses across America are being engulfed by disruptive, chaotic and often violent anti-Israel protests — leaving many Jewish students with no choice but to flee campus or fear for their safety.

The DOE's investigation comes after the Georgia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Georgia) and Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint against the school on behalf of Emory Students for Justice in Palestine. 

The groups claim that Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students have been called "terrorists," "fake Muslims" and endured severe harassment, intimidation and discrimination on campus and online. It claims students had their flyers, noting the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces, ripped down or thrown in the trash.

"The last 6 months at Emory University have been difficult for Palestinian, Arab and Muslim students. We want the Department of Education to do what Emory failed to — which is [to] investigate our reports of bias properly, listen to our voices, and hold Emory accountable, so we can safely advocate for Palestinian rights without fearing for our safety on campus," Emory Students for Justice in Palestine said in a release from CAIR-Georgia about the complaint. "No student should ever feel marginalized, intimidated and unsafe like we have been feeling. We are here to learn, and we should be able to do so in peace without being threatened, harassed and dox[x]ed simply for being Palestinian, Muslim, Arab or a supporter of Palestinian rights."

When reached by Fox News Digital, Emory University said it received the complaint from the DOE and will respond, but said it is unable to discuss an open investigation. 

Similarly, the DOE confirmed the investigation, but told Fox News Digital it "does not comment further on pending investigations."

Fox News Digital's Lorraine Taylor contributed to this update.

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Tension flared on ABC's "The View" on Friday as the co-hosts discussed the anti-Israel protests on college campuses nationwide.

The co-hosts clashed with each other on multiple points concerning the demonstrations, the first being that the imagery of the chaos on campus would help former President Trump's re-election chances, and the second being who the victims are in these protests.

Co-host Sunny Hostin sparked the debate on both topics, showing visible anger at co-host Sarah Haines for bringing up the fact that people may be distracted from the January 6 Capitol riot because of these new chaotic images; and elsewhere causing a stir by saying the student protesters are being victimized by police. 

The arguments over the protests began after a discussion of an upcoming Trump donor event where the former president was looking to vet his potential vice presidential nominee. 

Despite most of the ladies on the panel mocking Trump's legal woes and his potential running mate picks, Haines burst the bubble, noting that many are being driven to attend the fundraiser because of the chaos they're seeing on the news stemming from the campus protests.

"One of the people with this event said donors are flocking to this event due to the horror of nightly images they see on TV," Haines said, which appeared to frustrate Hostin.

The co-host interrupted Haines, asking, "Do they not remember the visuals on January 6th? Do they not remember those visuals of chaos?"

"I think - I think, in the human - literally, humans look at the recent visions. So, nightly image right now matters more to them than January 6th," Haines argued.

Hostin forcefully shot back, "January 6th is ingrained in my memory and it should be ingrained in every single person's memory in the United States of America."

Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin acknowledged Hostin's point, but bolstered Haines' argument, adding, "It should be, but while there are completely different -  a lot of the imagery looks similar and it was, you know, you're going to see Republicans seeing windows being smashed, things being defaced on college campuses and it evokes that same sense of lawlessness."

Fox News Digital's Gabriel Hays contributed to this update.

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A video posted by far-left anti-Jewish agitators at the University of Oregon has revealed one "Squad" member's message urging them to continue their aggressive actions.

The video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., appeared in multiple social media posts across a number of platforms earlier this week and was posted by Free Palestine Eugene and the UO Palestine Coalition, two groups supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and involved in the setup of a protest encampment at the University of Oregon.

"I'm here to tell you all, I love you. Thank you for this. Just know the incredible power that you all have to, again, move our country in the right direction. So thank you all so much. Thank you, thank you," Tlaib said in the Zoom call that protesters were able to watch on their individual phones.

Her message to the protesters marks the latest instance when she has shown sympathy to antisemitic causes and actions as a frequent critic of Israel.

Amid the breakout of anti-Jewish protests at universities across the country last month, Tlaib criticized administrations for cracking down on those occupying and causing disturbances in public spaces.

"From UM to Vanderbilt to USC to Columbia, students across our country are being retaliated against for using their constitutional rights to protest genocide. It's appalling," Tlaib wrote on X in response to a post by Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn, who was arrested while protesting at Columbia University.

"Our country isn't just complicit in this genocide — we're actively participating in it," she wrote in another post on X, while calling on the Biden administration to stop supplying the Jewish state with arms. 

Despite Tlaib's concerns over campus responses to student protests, she has refused to call out the antisemitism seen at some gatherings in which Jewish students have been targeted, and even took part in a protest at the University of Michigan on April 24.

Fox News Digital's Brandon Gillespie contributed to this update.

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Police officers involved in clearing out protesters at a New York City college campus are sharing signs recovered from the scene bearing terrorist slogans.

New York Police Department officers broke up an "illegal encampment" at New York University on Friday, with cleaning crews called in to remove tents and sweep away the belongings of the protesters.

NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry shared various photos of "inflammatory literature and signage" found at the protest.

"The NYPD proudly protects everyone's right to free speech and peaceful protest," Daughtry said in the post, before sharing the signage.

One piece of literature found on the site explicitly calls for "Death to America" and "Death to Israeli real-estate."

NYPD Chief John Chell spoke to reporters on Friday and confirmed the NYPD had two operations "at the request of school presidents," including at New York University and The New School in New York.

He confirmed that officers arrested 56 people, with no incidents. The police chief noted that "99%" of those arrested were students.

"You will not find a truce from us," one sign recovered from the protest area said.

"Enough with De-Escalation Trainings: Where are the Escalation Trainings!" added another.

Fox News Digital's Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to this update.

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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office announced last night an investigation into a tactical NYPD officer as prosecutors move forward with charges against dozens of anti-Israel agitators who police arrested in the barricaded building Tuesday.

At a news briefing on the matter Friday morning, NYPD brass stood by their initial finding that the discharge was accidental.

The unnamed NYPD sergeant moved the gun from his dominant right hand to his left hand to try and open a locked metal door after breaking the window next to it - and "unintentionally" discharged the weapon, police said. The bullet went through the glass into the unlit room. Police recovered it on the floor.

"At no time were any police officers, members of the public or any protesters in danger," officials said. "This was purely unintentional."

Additionally, the NYPD typically doesn't release bodycam on accidental discharge and leadership said they have no plan to do so on this incident.

Police arrested 282 people Tuesday night in crackdowns at Columbia University and the City College of New York. Of those, 74 faced misdemeanor or more serious charges and another 16 had outstanding warrants, prosecutors said. About half of the arrestees had no affiliation with either school.

Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz contributed to this update.

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After anti-Israel agitators disrupted operations at college campuses across the nation, several major universities are taking steps to ensure that commencement ceremonies continue as planned. 

With students prepared to graduate, colleges are hiring extra security, screening attendees at venues and emphasizing that significant disruptions by agitators won't be tolerated. Simultaneously, they have pledged to honor free speech rights with designated protest zones.

Students booed and yelled "free Palestine" while the University of Utah president spoke Thursday night at commencement. He paused his speech to ask those who were protesting to leave or be removed. Outside the ceremony in Salt Lake City, a group of about 50 people were rallying. There was one arrest.

"Milestone is a perfect word," Ken Burdick of Tampa, Florida told the Associated Press, describing his daughter's graduation Saturday at the University of Michigan. He hopes the big day goes untarnished.

"People can exercise their First Amendment rights without disrupting or creating fear," Burdick added. 

The Associated Press contributed to this update.

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Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during anti-Israel protests at U.S. college campuses in recent weeks, sometimes leading to violent confrontations between agitators and officers in riot gear.

Two of the most dramatic scenes took place at Columbia University, where protesters barricaded themselves inside Hamilton Hall, and at the University of California, Los Angeles, where police used tear gas and flashbangs to clear a fortified encampment.

At Columbia University, an officer accidentally discharged his gun inside Hamilton Hall while clearing out the protesters encamped inside, authorities disclosed Thursday. 

No one was injured by the officer's mistake late Tuesday, the NYPD said Thursday. He was trying to use the flashlight attached to his gun at the time and instead fired a single round that struck a frame on the wall.

There were other officers but no students near where the officer discharged his gun, officials said. Body camera footage shows the moment the gun fired and the district attorney's office is conducting a standard review.

More than 100 people were taken into custody after negotiations between the school and the protesters broke down and officials declared an unlawful assembly. There have been at least 50 incidents of arrests at 40 different U.S. colleges or universities since April 18, according to the Associated Press.

On Thursday, police officers encircled the encampment at UCLA and made at least 200 arrests after the protesters there refused to disperse. Police infiltrated the encampment and tore down plywood barricades, pallets, metal fences and dumpsters installed by the agitators. Cleanup efforts are now underway to remove the tents and trash left behind.

The Associated Press contributed to this update.

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University of Southern California President Carol Folt released a statement Friday night warning students "there must be consequences" if school laws and policies are broken amid anti-Israel protests on campus.

Folt said USC is taking steps to ensure students can finish their final exams in "a quiet, safe academic environment" and that those graduating can "enjoy peaceful and joyous" ceremonies.

While explaining that freedom of expression is important and the university welcomes lawful marches, vigils and demonstrations, Folt noted that violating school policies and the law are unacceptable.

"Let me be absolutely clear: free speech and assembly do not include the right to obstruct equal access to campus, damage property, or foment harassment, violence, and threats. Nor is anyone entitled to obstruct the normal functions of our university, including commencement," she wrote.

In addition, Folt said USC is "legally obligated" to ensure every part of campus is fully accessible and "free from vandalism and harassment."

"When laws and policies that apply to everyone are repeatedly and flagrantly violated - there must be consequences," she continued. "This is an intense and highly charged time for the country and for many here at USC - I'm asking everyone to help, abide by all our security measures, and treat each other with empathy and respect."

She said disciplinary review processes are underway for those who have violated USC policy and the law, and said further actions will be taken, if necessary, to "maintain campus safety and security."

USC's final exams conclude on Wednesday and graduation ceremonies are set to begin the same day. The school canceled its traditional main graduation ceremony, which typically brings 65,000 people to campus at once, due to to "new safety measures in place" following anti-Israel protests and concerns surrounding alleged anti-Israel posts from its valedictorian.

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