George Honig | It was a mistake to send in the police to end the encampment
Guest columnist George Honig argues Penn administration should not have sent in police to end the encampment.
Guest columnist George Honig argues Penn administration should not have sent in police to end the encampment.
The Quakers kept the Spiders from scoring the entire fourth quarter to seal the deal.
Members of Penn Faculty Against Antisemitism write a letter to the editor in response to the ongoing tension at Penn.
The initial complaint alleges that efforts to investigate the University over alleged antisemitism on campus have threatened professors' academic freedom.
The Quakers kept the Spiders from scoring the entire fourth quarter to seal the deal.
Members of Penn Faculty Against Antisemitism write a letter to the editor in response to the ongoing tension at Penn.
Penn issued a UPennAlert for a "large disruptive crowd." Approximately 150 to 200 protesters had gathered at Larry Jameson's house after marching from Woodland Ave.
Multiple Penn professors recounted their experience with this morning's police sweep of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the gathering, with several speakers and audience members breaking into tears.
Andi Johnson writes a letter to the editor emphasizing the important work of Penn student journalists.
Demonstrators remained at the intersection for around three hours and chanted at police officers, who maintained a large presence even after the police vans had left.
Susan Sauvé Meyer writes a letter to the editor in response to Ann Farnsworth-Alvear and Zita Cristina Nunes’ recent guest column.
At 1 p.m., the American Association of University Professors held a press conference condemning the arrests of members of the Gaza Solidarity Encampment and the suppression of "nonviolent anti-war protest."
DP photographers captured the arrests of dozens of protesters at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on College Green on Friday.
While several of Pennsylvania’s most high-profile politicians praised Penn’s move to disband the encampment, two politicians who represent Penn expressed deep concern about the University's conduct.
Falleti wrote that she is “no longer confident of my ability to work collaboratively with our administration that has sent in the police to arrest its own students, staff, and faculty.”
Approximately 33 individuals were arrested at the encampment early Friday morning, a University spokesperson wrote to The Daily Pennsylvanian. As of 9:05 a.m., all individuals had been released.
Around five Penn employees could be seen carrying out tents, signs, flags, backpacks, and other belongings from the encampment and loading them into a trash truck parked on Locust Walk.
University administrators explained that they acted after the campus had been “under threat” for too long a period of tine.
The arrests came nearly two week after pro-Palestinian activists pitched approximately 40 tents on College Green.
The police response comes on the 16th day since the Gaza Solidarity Encampment began and the second day since it expanded.