Not budging: Columbia University protesters refuse to end encampment despite admin threats of suspension

Columbia University says it has begun suspending students who failed to comply with a 2 p.m. deadline Monday to vacate their encampment on the lawn.

The deadline to move or face consequences came amid high tension on campus, as both students participating in the more than 12-day-old pro-Palestine protest and faculty chose to defy the administration’s warning, issued Monday morning to clear out or face disciplinary action.